CFS Macro – Latorre Super-Dreadnought

CFS Macro – Latorre Super-Dreadnought battleship class. CFS Version of a WWI ship. Almirante Latorre wasn’t a WW2 battleship, but a WW1 battleship which operated under British flag during First World War. Built in England from 1911-1915 to order for the Chilean Navy, this ship was essentially a lengthened version of the Royal Navy’s Iron Duke class but with shorter focsle, extra space for main machinery, a greatly lengthened quarterdeck and extra turn of speed of some 2-3 knots. Having been named by the Chileans ALMIRANTE LATORRE, with the war only weeks old and by order of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr Winston Churchill, the ship was compulsorarily purchased from Chile by Great Britain in September 1914 whilst fitting out, and renamed again, this time HMS CANADA.

By Edmundo Abad

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