Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre

Almirante Latorre in 1921
History
United Kingdom
Name	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
Chile
Name	Almirante Latorre
Acquired	April 1920
Commissioned	1 August 1920
Decommissioned	October 1958
Refit	1929–1931
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Almirante Latorre-class battleship
Displacement	28,600 long tons (29,059 t)
Length	625 ft (190.5 m)
Beam	92 ft 6 in (28.2 m)
Draught	33 ft (10.1 m)
Installed power	21 Yarrow boilers 37,000 shp (27,591 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 2 steam turbine sets
Speed	22.75 knots (42.1 km/h; 26.2 mph)
Complement	834
Armament	5 × twin 14 in (356 mm) guns 16 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns 4 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 9 in (230 mm) Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) Barbette: 10 in (254 mm) Turret: 10 in (254 mm) Conning tower: 11 in (280 mm)

Almirante Latorre, named after Juan José Latorre, was a super-dreadnought battleship built for the Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile). It was the first of a planned two-ship class that would respond to earlier warship purchases by other South American countries. Construction began at Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne soon after the ship was ordered in November 1911, and was approaching completion when it was bought by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy for use in the First World War. Commissioned in September 1915, it served in the Grand Fleet as HMS Canada for the duration of the war and saw action during the Battle of Jutland.

Chile repurchased Canada in 1920 and renamed it Almirante Latorre. The ship was designated as Chile's flagship, and frequently served as a presidential transport. It underwent a thorough modernization in the United Kingdom in 1929–1931. 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 returned to government control. Almirante Latorre was placed in reserve for a time in the 1930s because of the Great Depression, but it was in good enough condition to receive interest from the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Chilean government declined the overture and the ship spent most of the Second World War on patrol for Chile. Almirante Latorre was scrapped in Japan beginning in 1959.