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Chilean battleship ACH Almirante Latorre

Chilean battleship ACH Almirante Latorre...

Almirante Latorre, named after Juan José Latorre, was a super-dreadnought battleship (Spanish: acorazado) built for the Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile). She was the first of a planned two-ship class. Construction began soon after the ship was ordered in November 1911, and was approaching completion when she was bought by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy for use in the First World War. Commissioned in September 1915, she served in the Grand Fleet as HMS Canada for the duration of the war and saw action during the Battle of Jutland. Canada saw action in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May–1 June 1916, firing 42 rounds from her 14-inch guns and 109 6-inch shells during the battle, and suffered no hits or casualties. During the battle, she got off two salvoes at the disabled cruiser Wiesbaden at 18:40, and fired five more at an unknown ship around 19:20.] Her 6-inch guns were utilized for firing at German destroyers at 19:11.

Canada was repurchased by Chile in 1920. She took back her original name of Almirante Latorre, and served as Chile's flagship and frequently as presidential transport. She underwent a thorough modernization in the United Kingdom in 1929–31. In September 1931, crewmen aboard Almirante Latorre instigated a mutiny, which the majority of the Chilean fleet quickly joined. After divisions developed between the mutineers, the rebellion fell apart and the ships were returned to government control. Almirante Latorre was put into reserve for a time in the 1930s due to a severe economic depression, but she was in good enough condition to receive interest from the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This was declined and the ship spent most of the Second World War on patrol for Chile. The elderly battleship was scrapped in Japan beginning in 1959.
Name: HMS Canada
Builder: Armstrong-Whitworth, Elswick
Laid down: 27 November 1911
Launched: 27 November 1913, as Almirante Latorre
Acquired: 9 September 1914 Commissioned: 15 October 1915
Decommissioned: March 1919
Fate: Resold to Chile, April 1920

Name: Almirante Latorre
Acquired: April 1920
Commissioned: 1 August 1920
Decommissioned: October 1958
Refit: 1929–1931
Fate: Scrapped in Japan
Displacement: 25,000 long tons (25,401 t) standard
32,000 long tons (32,514 t) full load
Length: 625 ft (191 m)
Beam: 92.5 ft (28.2 m)
Draught: 33 ft (10 m)
Propulsion: 21 Yarrow boilers
Low pressure Parsons and High pressure Brown-Curtis steam turbines
37,000 shp (27,591 kW)
Coal and oil fuel
Speed: 22.75 knots (42.13 km/h; 26.18 mph)
Complement: 834 officers and men
Armament: 10 × 14 inch (355 mm)/45 caliber BL guns
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
2 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns
4 × 3-pounder guns
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (submerged)
Armor: Belt: 9 in (230 mm)
Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)
Barbette: 10 in (250 mm)
Turret: 10 in (250 mm)
Conning tower: 11 in (280 mm)