Condell-class_frigate
The Condell class was the name given to a class of two new build and upgraded type Leander-class frigates of the Chilean Navy, Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch.
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 Almirante Lynch (FFG 07) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Condell class |
| Builders | Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Glasgow |
| Operators | |
| Completed | 2 |
| Active | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 2,500 tons |
| Length | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Beam | 13.1 m (43 ft) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 263 (20 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × AS-532 SC Eurocopter Cougar |
| Aviation facilities | |
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. Almirante Condell arrived in Chile in 1973, with Almirante Lynch following in 1974.[1][2]
Almirante Lynch was decommissioned on 4 July 2007 after 33 years service. Almirante Condell was decommissioned on 18 April 2008, before both were sold to the Ecuadorian Navy on the same day. Both frigates were replaced by HMS Norfolk, HMS Marlborough, HMS Grafton; three Type 23-class vessels purchased from the British Royal Navy. Both frigates are currently in active service with Ecuadorian Navy as BAE Morán Valverde (FM-01) and BAE Presidente Eloy Alfaro (FM-02).
- Chilean ship Almirante Condell, a list of ships with this name
- David Miller (1992). The World's Navies: An Illustrated Review of the Navies of the World. Crescent Books. ISBN 9780517052419.
- Jane's Defence Weekly. Vol. 17. 1992.