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Chilean destroyer Hyatt (1928)

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Name
  
Hyatt

Laid down
  
23 September 1927

Decommissioned
  
31 August 1962

Construction started
  
23 September 1927

Length
  
91 m

Ordered
  
1927

Commissioned
  
15 April 1929

Fate
  
Sold for scrap

Launched
  
21 July 1928

Draft
  
3.86 m

Chilean destroyer Hyatt (1928)

Hyatt was a Serrano-class destroyer of the Chilean Navy from 1928 to 1967. She was laid down in 1927 by Thornycroft, at Woolston, Hampshire, England. She was launched by Mrs Margarita L. de Cubillos in November 1928, and commissioned on April 1929.

Hyatt 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 Serrano and Orella it was also equipped with mine laying capability. The vessels had a displacement of 1450 tonnes and were armed with three 4.7-inch and one 3-inch DP guns as well as six 21-inch torpedo tubes. The ships could make 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph), but their light built proved unsuitable for the harsh southern waters off Chile's coast.

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Chilean destroyer Hyatt (1928) Wikipedia