&sq=&lang=&file=File:Chilean_frigate_Almirante_Lynch.jpg) Almirante Lynch off the coast of Chile on 30 June 1999
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| History | |
|---|---|
 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 |
 Ecuador | |
| Name | Morán Valverde |
| Acquired | March 2008 |
| Status | ship in active service |
| 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 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Bell 412 helicopter |
The 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 on 4 July 2007.
In March 2008, Almirante Lynch and sister ship Almirante Condell were sold to Ecuador. The former Almirante Lynch is in active service under the name BAE Morán Valverde.[1]
- ^ Saunders, p. 206