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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
13 September 1962 |
| Launched: |
9 July 1964 |
| Commissioned: |
11 October 1966 |
| Decommissioned: |
1986 |
| Fate: |
Sold to Chile in September 1986. |
| Career Chile |
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| Commissioned: |
1986 |
| Decommissioned: |
1998 |
| Fate: |
Scrapped and sunk at sea in 2006 |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
6,200 tons full load |
| Length: |
520 ft (159 m) |
| Beam: |
53 ft |
| Draught: |
20 ft 5 in (6.2 m) |
| Propulsion: |
COSAG, two sets of geared steam turbines producing 30,000 s.h.p., four gas turbines producing 30,000 s.h.p.,; two shafts. |
| Speed: |
30 knots (56 km/h). |
| Range: |
4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Complement: |
471 |
| Armament: |
- 4 Exocet surface-to-surface missiles
- 2 mountings for Barak surface-to-air missiles
- twin Seaslug surface-to-air missile launcher aft
- 2 launchers for shipborne torpedoes
- 4.5in. twin gun turret
- 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
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| Aircraft: |
Wessex 3 helicopter |
| Motto: |
I Fyny Bo'r Nod (Welsh - I Give Way To None) |
CNS Almirante Latorre was a County-class destroyer. The ship was built by Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle Upon Tyne. With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes, it was originally named Glamorgan (D19) after the Welsh county of Glamorgan. She was launched on June 9, 1964, and was delivered to the Royal Navy two years later. In the spring and early summer of 1982 Glamorgan was involved in the Falklands War and was badly damaged by an Exocet missile in the last days of the war. She spent many months in late 1982 being refitted, and was back at sea in 1983. Her last active deployment for the Royal Navy was to the coast of Lebanon, assisting British peace-keeping troops there in 1984. She was decommissioned in 1986 and sold to the Chilean Navy. Under Chilean colours she was renamed Almirante Latorre and served for 12 years until decommissioned again in late 1998. In December 2005, the ship was finally sunk, while under tow to be scrapped.[citation needed]
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[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Tinker, Lieut. David, R.N. (1982). A Message from the Falklands, The Life and Gallant Death of David Tinker, Lieut. R.N. from his Letters and Poems. Penguin. ISBN 0-14-006778-7.
- Woodward, Sandy (1992). One Hundred Days: Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-215723-3.
