Almirante class destroyer
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 The destroyer Almirante Williams underway in the Strait of Magellan during Unitas XXXII, |
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 12 December 1958 |
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| Sunk: | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2730 tons standard, 3300 tons full load |
| Length: | 122.5 m |
| Beam: | 13.1 m |
| Draught: | 4.0 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft, Parsons Geared turbines, 2 Babcock & wilcox boilers, 54,000 hp |
| Speed: | 34.5 knots |
| Range: | 6000 nm at 16 knots |
| Complement: | 266 (17 officers) |
| Armament: | 4 inch guns (4x1), - 40mm guns - 2 guns were replaced by Seacat SAM missiles in 1964, 5 - 21 inch topedo tubes (replaced by 4 Exocet missiles in 1975), 2 - Squid ASW Mortars, 6 - 324 mm anti submarine torpedo tubes (fitted in 1975) |
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The Almirante class were two destroyers built for the Chilean Navy in Britain in 1960. They served until the late 1990s. They were fitted with a unique Vickers designed 4 inch dual purpose naval gun. The ships were modernised in Britain in 1975 and decommissioned in the late 1990s.
Both Ships were built by Vickers in Barrow in Furness
[edit] Ships
| Pennant | Name | Named after | Completed | Decommissioned |
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| DDG-18 | Almirante Riveros | Galvarino Riveros | 31 December 1960 | Sunk as Target 1998 |
| DDG-19 | Almirante Williams | Juan Williams Rebolledo | 26 March 1960 | Sunk as Target 1998 |
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995
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- - page on Riveros - Chilean Navy (Spanish Language)
- - page on Williams - Chilean Navy (Spanish Language)
