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Thursday, November 23, 2006

HMS Norfolk becomes “Almirante Cochrane”

HMS NorfolkDecommissioned HMS Norfolk became the Chilean Navy’s frigate “Almirante Cochrane” during a solemn ceremony held Wednesday in Portsmouth.

The Type 23 frigate is the first of three Royal Navy units to be incorporated to the Chilean Navy, following an agreement signed September 2005. The others are scheduled to be delivered in the next two years.

Present at the ceremony were Chilean Ambassador in London Rafael Moreno; Commander of the Chilean Navy Admiral Rodolfo Codina; Naval Attaché in London Captain Charles Le May; the frigate’s new captain Julio Leiva and the Major General Malcolm Wood head of Logistics from UK’ MOD.

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