Serrano-class destroyer

Hyatt
Class overview
Name	Serrano class
Builders	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Operators	Chilean Navy
Preceded by	Almirante Lynch class
Succeeded by	Almirante class
Built	1927–1929
In commission	1928–1967
Planned	6
Completed	6
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,090 long tons (1,107 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) full load
Length	91.44 m (300 ft 0 in)
Beam	8.84 m (29 ft 0 in)
Draught	3.86 m (12 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	3 × boilers Parsons-type geared steam turbines 2 shafts 28,000 shp (20,880 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	130
Armament	3 × single 4.7 in (120 mm)/45 caliber guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/40 AA gun 2 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes Mine warfare equipment: Serrano, Orella, and Hyatt equipped with mine laying capability, while Aldea, Videla, and Riquelme were equipped as minesweepers

The Serrano class was a series of six destroyers, built to a British design, which served with the Chilean Navy from 1928 to 1967. In 1927 Chile ordered the Serrano class from John I. Thornycroft & Company in the United Kingdom at the cost of £230,000 for each ship to enhance the Chilean Navy's ability to patrol its extensive coastline. The six vessels were completed by 1929. Serrano, Orella and Hyatt were equipped for minelaying, and Aldea, Riquelme and Videla for minesweeping.

Because of weak hull construction the ships had been assessed unsuitable for service along the southern Chilean coast, where it was necessary to use older ships of Almirante Lynch class instead. The destroyers remained in service until the mid-1960s.