HMS Marlborough (F233)

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HMS Marlborough in Portsmouth Harbour in 2005
History
United Kingdom
NameMarlborough
NamesakeMarlborough
OrderedSeptember 1986
BuilderSwan Hunter
Laid down27 October 1987
Launched21 January 1989
Commissioned14 June 1991
Decommissioned8 July 2005
Motto
FateSold to Chile
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Almirante Condell at the port of Valparaiso, Chile in 2019
Chile
NameAlmirante Condell
Commissioned28 May 2008
Refit2021
HomeportValparaiso
StatusActive
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Hide header= Header caption= Ship class=Duke-class Type 23 frigate Ship displacement=4,900 tonnes Ship length=133 m (436 ft 4 in) Ship beam=16.1 m (52 ft 10 in) Ship height= Ship draught=7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) Ship hold depth= Ship propulsion=*CODLAG Ship speed=*28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
  • 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) on diesel-electric
Ship range=7,800 nmi (14,400 km; 9,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) Ship endurance= Ship complement=185 Ship sensors= Ship EW= Ship armament=* 2 × ASuW Harpoon quad launchers
  • 32 [[Vertical Launch Sea Wolf)|

] surface-to-air missiles

Ship armour= Ship aircraft= Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma or Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin Ship aircraft facilities= Ship notes=

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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.