| Wikipedia: HMS Antrim (D18) |
 Chilean destroyer Cochrane |
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Antrim |
| Laid down: | 20 January 1966 |
| Launched: | 19 October 1967 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs Roy Mason, wife of then Minister of Defence (Equipment), Roy Mason |
| Commissioned: | 14 July 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 1984 |
| Honours and awards: |
Falklands War |
| Fate: | Sold to Chile on 22 June 1984 |
| Career (Chile) |  |
| Name: | Almirante Cochrane |
| Acquired: | June 1984 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 December 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | County class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 5,440 tonnes (6,850 tonnes full load) |
| Length: | 522 feet (159 m) |
| Beam: | 53 feet (16 m) |
| Draught: | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines, 2 shafts |
HMS Antrim (D18) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 19 October 1967. In the mid-1970s, the Navy removed 'B' turret and replaced it with four Exocet launchers.
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Falklands Conflict
Antrim served in the Falklands War. She was the flagship of Operation Paraquet, the recovery of South Georgia in April 1982. Her helicopter, the Westland Wessex HAS.Mk3, was responsible for a remarkable rescue of 16 SAS men from Fortuna Glacier and the subsequent detection and disabling of the Argentinian submarine Santa Fe. Whilst at San Carlos Water, a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb hit Antrim, but did not explode (Yates, 2006).
Affiliates as HMS Antrim
- Royal Irish Rangers[1]
As part of her relationship with County Antrim, she carried a piece of the Giants Causeway mounted in the ship's main passageway, appropriately also named the Giants Causeway.[2]
Transfer to Chilean Navy
Antrim was decommissioned in 1984 and sold to Chile on 22 June 1984. The Chileans renamed her Almirante Cochrane after Thomas Cochrane, who had commanded the Chilean Navy from 1817 to 1822. In 1994 Almirante Cochrane underwent the same refit as her sister ship Blanco Encalada. This entailed removing her Seaslug launcher and extending her deck aft to allow the installation of a new, larger hangar. In 1996 she received the Barak SAM in place of her Seacat launchers.
The Chilean Navy decommissioned Almirante Cochrane on 7 December 2006.
References
- Yates, D. (2006) Bomb Alley - Falklands War 1982: Aboard HMS Antrim at War, Pen & Sword Maritime, ISBN 1-84415-417-3
External links
See also
- List of ship launches in 1967
- List of ship commissionings in 1970
- List of ship commissionings in 1984
- List of ship decommissionings in 1984
- List of ship decommissionings in 2006
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