HMS Antrim

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antrim, after County Antrim in Northern Ireland:

• The first Antrim was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser launched in 1903. She served in World War I and was broken up in 1923.
• The second Antrim (D18) was a County-class destroyer launched in 1967. She was sold to the Chilean Navy in 1984 and renamed Almirante Cochrane after Thomas Cochrane.

References

• J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.

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