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HMS Botha was a Faulknor-class flotilla leader originally built in Britain in 1914 for the Chilean Navy. Following the outbreak of the first world war it was bought and completed by the Royal Navy. It was returned to Chile in 1920 under the name Almirante Williams and designated part of the Almirante Lynch-class.

On 21 March 1918 she helped foil a nightime German raid on Dunkirk by nine destroyers and ten torpedo boats, which had been intended to support the Spring Offensive.