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Almirante Latorre |
Sweden Name: G?ta 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 Chile Name: Almirante Latorre Commissioned: 1971 Decommissioned: 1984 Identification: CL-04 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 (1.2 + 1.2 in) ? Conning tower and turrets: 127 mm (5 in) HSwMS G?ta Lejon was a Swedish cruiser. Together with her sister ship Tre Kronor, they were the largest ships ever to serve in the Royal Swedish Navy. In 1971 G?ta Lejon was sold to Chile where she was renamed Almirante Latorre and served in the Chilean Navy until 1984. She was sold to Taiwan in 1986 to be scrapped. |
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Shipowner | Chilean Navy |
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Type of ship | Cruiser |
Year of build and builder | 1947 Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB, Gothenburg |
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Added on | 24/04/2016 |
Dimension | 1200 x 857 |
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