Canada Class Battleship Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Canada (ex-Almirante Latorre) |
Armstrong Elswick Works Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Nov. 27, 1913 |
Sept. 30, 1915 |
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Fate |
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Scrapped in 1959.
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Notes: |
Canada was ordered by the Chilean Government as Valparaiso. The name was changed to Libertad and then to Almirante Latorre. Incomplete before the outbreak of World War 1 the ship was seized by the British and completed as HMS Canada. She was returned to Chile in April 1920 and renamed Almirante Latorre. |
Page revised Feb. 17, 2008 |