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Saturday, 13 December 2025

British destroyer leader (ex-Almirante Williams Rebolledo) HMS Botha 1914-1920 and Chilean Almirante Williams 1920-1933

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 2 December 1914, completed in 1915 and returned to Chile in 1920 and stricken in 1933. 

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