, Chile officially welcomed the Almirante Cochrane (the former HMS Norfolk) into the Chilean fleet yesterday (22 November 2006) at a handover ceremony in Portsmouth.
Ex-HMS Norfolk was re-named the Almirante Cochrane and her new commanding officer, Captain Leiva, has been officially invested by the Director General of Procurement, Vice Admiral Juan Illanes.
The vessel is the first of three former Royal Navy Type-23 frigates to be handed over to Chile, under a
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