Chilean destroyer Aldea
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Destructor Aldea.jpg |Ship caption=Aldea at sea circa 1932 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Chile |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Chile|navy}} |Ship name= Aldea |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= 1928 |Ship builder=John I. Thornycroft & Company |Ship laid down= 8 March 1928 |Ship launched= 28 November 1928 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 26 July 1929 |Ship decommissioned= 21 June 1957 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate= Scrapped |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{sclass|Serrano|destroyer}} |Ship displacement=*{{convert|1090|LT|t|0}} standard
|Ship length= {{convert|91.44|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|8.84|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= {{convert|3.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*3 × boilers
|Ship speed= {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship complement=130 |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*3 × single 4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII/45 caliber guns
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The third Aldea was a {{sclass|Serrano|destroyer}} of the Chilean Navy in service from 1928 to 1967, but temporarily reactivated in 1973 to participate in the coup d'etat, where she and Captain Prat were used to secure Federico Santa María Technical University.{{cite book|last=Francois|first=David|date=2018|title=Chile 1973, the Other 9/11: The Downfall of Salvador Allende|publisher=Helion Limited|page=47 |isbn=9781912174959}} She was laid down in 1928 by Thornycroft, at Woolston, Hampshire, England. She was launched by Mrs. Berta Castro de Merino (mother of future admiral José Toribio Merino) in November 1928, and commissioned in July 1929.
Aldea was one of six vessels in its class to serve Chile. The class was ordered from the United Kingdom and delivered in 1928 and 1929. Like its sister ships {{ship|Chilean destroyer|Riquelme|1928|2}} and {{ship|Chilean destroyer|Videla|1928|2}}, it was also equipped for duties as a minesweeper. The vessels had a displacement of {{convert|1430|LT|t|0}} at full load and were armed with three 4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII/45 and one QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun/40 DP gun, as well as six {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on|0}} torpedo tubes. The ships could make {{convert|35|kn|lk=in}}, but their light build proved unsuitable for the harsh southern waters off Chile's coast.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071115082208/http://www.armada.cl/site/unidades_navales/367.htm Official description from the Chilean Navy] {{in lang|es}}
{{Serrano class destroyers}}
{{Chilean destroyers}}
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Category:Serrano-class destroyers
Category:Ships built in Southampton
Category:World War II destroyers of Chile
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