Chilean frigate Almirante Lynch (PFG-07)
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| Career (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 |
| Career (Ecuador) |  |
| Name: | Morán Valverde |
| Acquired: | March 2008 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
| 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 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | SISDEF Imagen SP 100 CMS Type 184P hull sonar |
| Armament: | 1 × twin mount 4.5 in (114 mm) gun 4 × Exocet launchers |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × Bell 412 helicopter |
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 4 July 2007.
In March 2008, the Almirante Lynch and sister ship Almirante Condell (PFG-06) were sold to Ecuador. The former Almirante Lynch is in active service under the name BAE Morán Valverde.
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