29 December 2009

Armada de Chile

One special highlight of Valparaiso is that it's the home port of the Chilean Navy... and that you can take a regular boat trip right up next to most of the fleet. When we visited, 14 ships were at home, including the Almirante Condell (wearing pennant number 06 in the picture), ex-HMS Marlborough (and sister ship to HMS Northumberland), Type 23 Frigates that were the last military ships to be built in Swan Hunters in the early 1990s. She was inaugurated into the Chilean navy on 28th May 2008, my birthday! Also in port was the Esmarelda, a tall masted sailing ship that we'd seen in Rouen the year before!

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