Almirante Latorre from Canada back to Chile

Almirante Latorre was acquired by Britain during the First World War and served as HMS Canada before returning to Chile. Her sister hull Cochrane followed a completely different path, becoming the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. Latorre carried ten 14-inch guns and underwent a major British modernization around 1929-1931 before spending much of the 1930s in reserve. The design belonged to the Chilean-Argentine naval race and commemorated a Chilean admiral from the War of the Pacific. The two hulls demonstrate how wartime acquisition could redirect foreign contracts into sharply different battleship and carrier careers.