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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