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Friday, 12 December 2025

British destroyer leader (ex-Almirante Simpson) HMS Faulknor 1914-1920 and Chilean Almirante Riveros 1920-1933 (1939)

HMS Faulknor©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Sistership Kempenfelt Marksman-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Faulknor-class destroyer leaders preceded by Medea-class destroyers succeeded by Marksman-class. Originally designed by J. Samuel White, Cowes, Wight as the Almirante Lynch-class destroyers for Chile of which the Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell were delivered but the other four taken over by and completed for the British Royal Navy. Launched by J. Samuel White, Cowes, Wight on 26 February 1914, completed in 1914 and resold to Chile in May 1920, stricken in 1933 and sunk while used as a target in 1939. 

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