Valparaíso

A unique battleship that combined high speed, powerful anti-aircraft systems, advanced technological equipment, and obsolete main battery guns from the World War I era. In the late 1950s, the British and Chilean governments discussed the possibility of selling the last British battleship, HMS Vanguard. The deal ultimately fell through, but if it had happened, the Chilean Navy would have been replenished with the most powerful ship in its history.