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.

Almirante Lynch (FFG 07)
Class overview
Name	Condell class
Builders	Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Glasgow
Operators	Chilean Navy  Ecuadorian Navy
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	2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 × White/English Electric steam turbines 2 shafts; 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
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	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 & 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.

Overview

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 of 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, and 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).

See also

• Chilean ship Almirante Condell, a list of ships with this name