HMS Marlborough (F233)

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HMS Marlborough in Portsmouth Harbour in 2005
History
United Kingdom
Name	Marlborough
Namesake	Marlborough
Ordered	September 1986
Builder	Swan Hunter
Laid down	27 October 1987
Launched	21 January 1989
Commissioned	14 June 1991
Decommissioned	8 July 2005
Motto	S'en Vat'en Guerre (He Goes to War)
Fate	Sold to Chile
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Almirante Condell at the port of Valparaiso, Chile in 2019
Chile
Name	Almirante Condell
Commissioned	28 May 2008
Refit	2021
Homeport	Valparaiso
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Duke-class Type 23 frigate
Displacement	4,900 tonnes
Length	133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam	16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	CODLAG 2 × Rolls-Royce Spey boost gas-turbines 4 × Paxman Valenta diesel engines 2 × GEC electric motors
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) on diesel-electric
Range	7,800 nmi (14,400 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	185
Armament	2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers 32 CAMM Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles 1 × BAE 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns 4 × Sting Ray torpedo tubes Seagnat and DFL3 decoy launchers
Aircraft carried	Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma or Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin

Almirante Condell is a Duke-class Type 23 frigate in service with the Chilean Navy. It entered service with the Royal Navy in 1991 with the name HMS Marlborough as the sixth ship to bear the name. She was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and served in the Middle East. The frigate was taken out of service in 2005 and sold to Chile. The vessel entered service with the Chilean Navy in 2008 and was renamed Almirante Condell after Carlos Condell, a Chilean naval officer during the War of the Pacific. The ship was significantly upgraded from 2020 to 2021 and remains in service.