The Almirante Latorre class consisted of two super-dreadnought battleships designed and constructed by the British company Armstrong Whitworth for the Chilean Navy.
Almirante Latorre at anchor during a sea trial in 1921
Libertad, seen here c. 1893, was laid down in 1890 as part of the developing naval arms race between Argentina and Chile.
Brazil's order for two dreadnoughts (Minas Geraes pictured) sparked a naval arms race between themselves, Argentina, and Chile.
The American battleship USS Delaware was sent to Brazil and Chile in early 1911 as part of a concentrated effort to obtain the battleship contracts for American shipyards.
Capitán Prat was a unique ironclad battleship of the Chilean Navy built in the late 1880s and completed in 1890. Armed with a main battery of four 9.4 in guns in four single turrets, Capitán Prat was
Almirante Latorre-class battleship
…its fleet, which was centered on two 1870s central battery ironclads, Almirante Cochrane and Blanco Encalada, and a protected cruiser. The battleship Capitán Prat, two protected cruisers, and two torpedo boats were ordered, and their keels were laid in 1890. Argentina responded soon after with an order for two…
The German East Asia Squadron in Valparaíso in November 1914; Capitán Prat is at extreme right