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Almirante Williams

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Almirante Riveros	18		Vickers, Barrow, UK	12.4.1957	12.12.1958	31.12.1960	stricken 11.1994
Almirante Williams	19		Vickers, Barrow, UK	20.6.1956	5.5.1958	26.3.1960	stricken 1.1996

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2730
Displacement full, t	3300
Length, m	122.5
Breadth, m	13.1
Draught, m	4.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons Pametrada geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	54000
Max speed, kts	34.5
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(16)
Armament	4 x 1 - 102/62 Vickers Mk Q, 6 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors type 564, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	AWS-1, 2x SGR-102 radars, type 184B sonar
Complement	266

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Project history

Ordered in 1955. Ships had air-conditioned quarters for entire crew. The Vickers designed main armament was unique with 11400m max range and 75° max elevation. Like many Chilean warships, they were camouflaged.

Modernizations

1964, both: - 2 x 1 - 40/70; + 2 x 4 Seacat GWS20 SAM (16 Seacat), 2x M4 radars

(1971-1974, Swan Hunter), Almirante Williams; (1973-1975, Swan Hunter), Almirante Riveros: - 1 x 5 - 533 TT; + 4 x 1 Exocet MM38 SSM (4 MM38), SNW-10, Decca 1629 radars

1980, both: - 2 x 1 Exocet MM38 SSM

1980s, both: + WLR-1 ECM

1986, Almirante Williams: - 1 x 1 - 102/62 ('Y'), + helicopter platfrom

1988, Almirante Williams: - helicopter platform; + 1 x 1 - 102/62

Naval service

No significant events.