Condell class frigate
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 Almirante Lynch (FFG 07) |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Condell |
| Builders: | Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Glasgow |
| Operators: |  Chilean Navy |
| Building: | 2 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 0 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,500 tons |
| Length: | 113 metres (371 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.1 metres (43 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.5 metres (18 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 × White/English Electric steam turbines 2 shafts; 25,000 shp (19 MW) |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 263 (20 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
SISDEF Imagen SP 100 CMS 1 Type 965 air-search 1 Elta EL/M-2221GM fire control 1 Type 1006 navigation radar 1 Type 184P hull sonar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Elisra NS-9003A ESM system 2 × Corvus trainable chaff rocket launchers Wallop Barricade double layer chaff launcher |
| Armament: | 4 × Exocet MM40 Block 1 SSMs 1 × Vickers 114 mm/55 Mk 6 twin gun 1 × 20 mm Phalanx Block 0 CIWS 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm gun 2 × Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × AS-532 SC Eurocopter Cougar |
| Aviation facilities: | Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter Indal ASIST helicopter recovery system. |
- For the World War One vintage destroyers Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch, please see Almirante Lynch class destroyer.
The Condell class was the name given to a class of two refitted Leander class frigates of the Chilean Navy, Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch. They were ordered by the Chilean government in 1969 as ASW frigates. The ships were built between 1969 and 1973, under Chilean modifications, by Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd. in Scotstoun, Glasgow. The Almirante Condell arrived in Chile in 1973, with the Almirante Lynch following in 1974.
Almirante Lynch was decommissioned on 4 July 2007 after 33 years service. Almirante Condell will follow shortly. Both frigates are being replaced by "Type 23" class vessels purchased from the United Kingdom.
