Chilean destroyer Almirante Latorre
- Chilean destroyer Almirante Latorre
"Almirante Latorre" was a County-class destroyer. The ship was built by Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle Upon Tyne. With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes, it was originally named "Glamorgan" (D19) after the Welsh county of Glamorgan. She was launched on 9 June 1964, and was delivered to the Royal Navy two years later. In the spring and early summer of 1982 "Glamorgan" was involved in the Falklands War and was badly damaged by an Exocet missile in the last days of the war. She spent many months in late 1982 being refitted, and was back at sea in 1983. Her last active deployment for the Royal Navy was to the coast of Lebanon, assisting British peace-keeping troops there in 1984. She was decommissioned in 1986 and sold to the Chilean Navy. Under Chilean colours she was renamed "Almirante Latorre" and served for 12 years until decommissioned again in late 1998. In December 2005, the ship was finally sunk, while under tow to be scrapped.Fact|date=February 2007
See also
*HMS "Glamorgan" for other ships of this name.
*List of ship launches in 1964
*List of ship commissionings in 1966
*List of ship commissionings in 1986
*List of ship decommissionings in 1986
References
* [http://www.hmsglamorgan.co.uk/html/diary_of_events.html Falklands timeline for "Glamorgan"]
* [http://www.hmsglamorgan.co.uk/html/12_june_1.html Navy news account of "Glamorgan" in the Falklands (part 1)]
* [http://www.hmsglamorgan.co.uk/html/12_june_2.html Navy news account of "Glamorgan" in the Falklands (part 2)]
* [http://www.sama82.org.uk/garden/0/6/5/woodward.htm Extract about the Exocet attack on Glamorgan] from Sandy Woodward's book (see below).
Further reading
* cite book
author = Tinker, Lieut. David, R.N.
title = A Message from the Falklands, The Life and Gallant Death of David Tinker, Lieut. R.N. from his Letters and Poems
publisher = Penguin
year = 1982
isbn = 0-14-006778-7
* cite book
author=Woodward, Sandy
co-author = Robinson, Patrick
title = One Hundred Days: Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander
year = 1992
publisher = HarperCollins
isbn = 0-00-215723-3
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