 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Almirante Latorre akatumirwa kuUnited Kingdom nokuda kwokuvandudzwa paDevonport Dockyard muna 1929. Yakagara kwenguva yakati, asi pakupedzisira yakaenda kuValparaíso anenge makore maviri gare gare, pana 5 March 1931, ndokusvika pana 12 April. Isiri nguva refu pashure pokunge yadzoka, vashandi vepaAlmirante Latorre vakatanga kupandukira kukuru. Kupandukira kwacho kwakakonzerwa nematambudziko ezveupfumi munyika panguva yeGreat Depression uye kuderedzwa kwemubhadharo kwakanga kwaitwa munguva pfupi yapfuura. Ngarava zhinji dzehondo dzakabatana neAlmirante Latorre mukupanduka kwacho, asi dzakapanduka mazuva mashanu pashure pokunge kwatanga apo kurwisa kwemhepo kwakaitwa nemauto ehurumende. Almirante Latorre akaguma ari muBay of Tongoy na. 