Almirante Lynch off the coast of Chile on 30 June 1999
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History | |
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Chile | |
Name | Almirante Lynch |
Namesake | Patricio Lynch |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland |
Laid down | December 1971 |
Launched | 6 December 1972 |
Commissioned | 25 May 1974 |
Decommissioned | 4 July 2007 |
Fate | Sold to Ecuador, March 2008 |
Ecuador | |
Name | Morán Valverde |
Acquired | March 2008 |
Status | ship in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Condell-class frigate |
Displacement | 2,500 long tons (2,540 t) |
Length | 372 ft (113 m) |
Beam | 41 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 White/English Electric steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers,30,000 hp (22 MW) |
Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 250 |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Bell 412 helicopter |
The Chilean frigate Almirante Lynch (PFG-07) is a Condell-class frigate, the third ship of the Chilean Navy to bear the name.
Her keel was laid down in December 1971, and she was launched on 6 December 1972, completed and delivered to the Chilean Navy on 25 May 1974.
She set sail for Chile after completing a period of training with the Royal Navy, arriving in Valparaíso on 14 February 1975. In active reserve from 14 December 2006, she was decommissioned on 4 July 2007.
In March 2008, Almirante Lynch and sister ship Almirante Condell were sold to Ecuador. The former Almirante Lynch is in active service under the name BAE Morán Valverde.[1]
Notes
- ^ Saunders, p. 206
Bibliography
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.