CANADA

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

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Ship Class

Almirante Latore, Chile, requisitioned Sept 1914

Grouping

4th Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Armstrong Whitworth

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

When acquired form the Chileans, bridge removed and two plat platforms put in its place.

Date Laid Down

27.11.1911

Launch Date

27.11.1913

Completed date

30.09.2015

Commission date

15.10.1915

Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Photo courtesy Dave Smith, showing Canada in her Chilean days.

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Started as Almirante Latorre for the Chilean navy. Sold back to Chile in 1920. Sold to Japan for scrap and saluted out 29 May 1959.

Jutland result

Fired 42 heavy and 109 secondary armament shells.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain William C. M. Nicholson

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

834

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

32,000

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

Restoration drive by the Friends of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. For contributions contact "Scuttlebut" magazine

Length (ft)

625

Length (mtrs)

191

Beam (ft)

92.5

Beam (mtrs)

28.2

Draught (ft)

33

Draught (mtrs)

10

Max. Speed (knots)

22.75

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

coal and oil

Propulsion

21 Yarrow boilers (low pressure Parons) and high pressure Brown Curtis steam turbines

Armour Main Belt

9" 230 mm

Deck Armour

1.5" 38mm

Turret Armour IN CM

10" 250mm

Conning Tower Armour

11" 280mm

Barbette Armour

10" 250mm

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Table Mk 1V

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

14" / 45 cal BL guns (356mm) using 1,586 lb projectile from the start

No. Primary Turrets

5

Guns (No.barrels)

10

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

6" (152mm)

Guns (No.barrels) 2

16

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

2 x 3" AA plus 4 x 3 lb guns

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

4

Torpedo Type MM

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No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

submerged tubes

References & sources

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