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Sunday 14 August 2016

USA handed submarines built for British account over to Chile according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1917-1918 no. 6

Almirante Latorre

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau No. 24 reported that the six at Quincy, Massachusettes, USA built submarines for British account on 4 July 1917 at the navy yard at Boston, USA were handed over to Chile. The submarines were a partly compensation for the warships purchased by England at the outbreak of the First World War and which were being built by British shipyards for Chilean account.(1)

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1. The battleships Almirante Cochrane and the Almirante Latorre.