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Almirante Latorre 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Almirante Latorre (ex-Göta Lejon)	04		Eriksberg, Göteborg, Sweden	27.9.1943	17.11.1945	15.12.1947 // 15.7.1971	deleted 9.1984

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	7650
Displacement full, t	9238
Length, m	174.0 pp 180.2 oa
Breadth, m	16.7
Draught, m	5.70 normal 6.50 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets De Laval geared steam turbines, 4 Motala 4-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	90000
Max speed, kts	33
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4350(14)
Armour, mm	belt: 70 + 20, deck: 30 + 30, turrets: 125 - 50, CT: 20
Armament	1 x 3 - 152/53 M42, 2 x 2 - 152/53 M42, 4 x 1 - 57/60 M50, 11 x 1 - 40/70 M48, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 120 mines, 4 DCR
Electronic equipment	LW-03, type 277, type 293, fire control radars
Complement	783

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Project history

Former Swedish Tre Kronor class cruiser.

Ship protection

Vertical protection consisted of 20mm plating and inner 80-70mm main belt. Two flat 30mm decks were connected with its upper and lower edges, magazines and machinery had additional 50-20mm horizontal armour. Upper deck was built from 20mm construction steel. Turrets had 125mm faces, 50mm roofs, 30mm sides and 80mm rears, main magazines had 30mm protection.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.