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Condell class frigate

Almirante Lynch (FFG 07)
Class overview
Type: frigate
Name: Condell class
Builders: Yarrow (Shipbuilders) LTD, Glasgow
Operators:  Chilean Navy
Preceded by: Rothesay class frigate
Succeeded by: Broadsword class frigate
Ships in class: 2
Ships active: 1
Ships laid up: 1
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2.500 tons
Length: 372 ft (113 m)
Beam: 2,43 ft (13.1 m)
Draught: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion
and power:
2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

2 White/English Electric steam turbines
Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Chilean Naval Ensign Chilean Navy Jack The Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile) is the naval force of Chile. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Type 22 Broadsword class frigates are a class of warships built for the Royal Navy. ...

2 shafts; 25,000 shp (19 MW)
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range: 4500 nautical miles (8,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 263 (20 officers)
Armament: 4 Exocet MM40 Block 1 SSMs

2 Vickers 114 mm/55 Mk 6 twin gun
1 20 mm Phalanx Block 0 CIWS
2 Oerlikon 20 mm gun
The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes. ... A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held, vehicle mounted, trailer mounted or fixed installation or from a ship. ... The QF 4. ... Block 1 CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapon system, pronounced see-wiz) is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division. ... The term Oerlikon 20 mm cannon refers to a series of autocannons, based on an original designed by Reinhold Becker during World War I. Various models of Oerlikon cannon were used during the Second World War, and they are still in use today. ...

2 Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes
Sensors: SISDEF Imagen SP 100 CMS

1 Type 965 air-search
1 Elta EL/M-2221GM fire control
1 Type 1006 navigation radar
Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT). ...

1 Type 184P hull sonar
Electronic warfare: Elisra NS-9003A ESM system

2 Corvus trainable chaff rocket launchers
// Electronic warfare (EW) is the use of the electromagnetic spectrum to effectively deny the use of this phenomena by an adversary, while optimizing its use by friendly forces. ... French ship Monge, specialised in SIGINT In telecommunication, the term electronic warfare support measures (ESM) is the division of electronic warfare involving actions taken under direct control of an operational commander to search for, intercept, identify, and locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognition. ... Chaff is the seed casings and other inedible plant matter harvested with cereal grains such as wheat. ...

Wallop Barricade double layer chaff launcher
Aircraft carried: 1 AS-532 SC Eurocopter Cougar
Aviation facilities: Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter
Indal ASIST helicopter recovery system.

The Condell class was the name given to a class of two refitted Leander class frigates of the Chilean Navy, Almirante Condell & Almirante Lynch. They are the ships ordered by the Chilean government in 1969 as ASW frigates. The class was built between 1969 & 1973, under Chilean modifications in Yarrow (Shipbuilders) LTD. in Scotstoun, Glasgow. The first one Almirante Condell arrived Chile in 1973, with the Almirante Lynch following in 1974. Chaff is the seed casings and other inedible plant matter harvested with cereal grains such as wheat. ... AS 532 Cougar The Eurocopter Cougar is a twin-engined, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. ... Indal Court District, or Indals tingslag, was a district of Medelpadia in Sweden. ... The Aircraft Ship Integrated Secure and Traverse (ASIST) system was developed by Canadian company Indal Technologies. ... The Leander class, informally known as the Type 12M, comprising twenty-six frigates, was arguably the most successful and popular class of frigates in the Royal Navys modern history. ... Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited (YSL) was a major British shipyard, now part of BAE Systems Marine which also includes the nearby Govan shipyard and the former VSEL yard in Barrow. ... Scotstoun is a district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. ...


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. Frigate Almirante Lynch (PFG-07) Year: 1971 Country: Chile Type: Missile Frigate Constructed:Yarrow Shipyards in Glasgow, Scotland. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The Almirante Condell 3 is a Leander class frigate in the Chilean Navy. ...


For the World War One vintage destroyers Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch please see Almirante Lynch class destroyer The Almirante Lynch class destroyers were a group of ships built for the Chilean Navy just before World War I. The Chileans had long been customers of British shipyards and ordered six ships from J. Samuel White in 1911. ...


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