Chilean frigate Almirante Lynch (PFG-07)

Several terms redirect here. For other ships called Morán Valverde, see BAE Morán Valverde.

Almirante Lynch off the coast of Chile on 30 June 1999
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
Sensors and processing systems	SISDEF Imagen SP 100 CMS Type 184P hull sonar Type 1006 navigation radar Type 965 air-search Elta EL/M-2221GM fire control
Armament	1 × twin mount 4.5 in (114 mm) gun 4 × Exocet launchers 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × CIWS Vulcan Phalanx 2 × Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes
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.

Bibliography

• Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.