| Career (Sweden) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Göta Lejon |
| Builder: | Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Gothenburg |
| Laid down: | 27 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 17 November 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1947 |
| Out of service: | 1 July 1970 |
| Motto: | Nemo me impune lacessit ("No one provokes me with impunity") |
| Fate: | Sold to Chile, renamed Almirante Latorre |
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| Career (Chile) | |
| Name: | Almirante Latorre (CL-04) |
| Commissioned: | 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 1984 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Tre Kronor-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 8,200 long tons (8,332 t) standard 9,200 long tons (9,348 t) full load |
| Length: | 182 m (597 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Complement: | 445 |
| Armament: | As built : • 7 × Bofors 152 mm guns • 20 × Bofors 40 mm guns • 9 × 20 mm guns • 6 × torpedo tubes From 1950 : • 7 × 152 mm (6 in) guns • 21 × 40 mm guns • 6 × 20 mm guns • 6 × torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 70 mm (2.8 in) Deck: 30+30 mm (2.4 in) Conning tower and turrets: 127 mm (5 in) |
HMS Göta Lejon was the name of the last Swedish cruiser. Together with her sister ship Tre Kronor, they were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy. In 1971 the Göta Lejon was sold to Chile were she was renamed Almirante Latorre and served in the Chilean Navy until 1984.
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