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ALMIRANTE LATORRE light cruiser (1947/1971)

Almirante Latorre 1980

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
  

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

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.

Almirante Latorre 1979

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