Chilean destroyer Almirante Condell

Almirante Condell was a destroyer which served with the Chilean Navy through World War I and World War II. She was the second ship in the Chilean Navy to bear this name.

Condell
History
Chile
NameAlmirante Condell
Ordered1911
BuilderJ. Samuel White
Laid down1912
Launched28 September 1912
CommissionedJanuary 1914
Decommissioned19 December 1945
Fatescrapped, 1955
General characteristics
Class and typeAlmirante Lynch-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,430 long tons (1,453 t) standard
  • 1,850 long tons (1,880 t) full load
Length101 m (331 ft 4 in)
Beam9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draught3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
  • 6 × Foster-White mixed fired boilers
  • 3 shaft Parsons direct turbines
  • 30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range4,205 nmi (7,788 km; 4,839 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement160
Armament

The Chilean Navy ordered six ships from J. Samuel White in 1911. These destroyers were larger and more powerful than contemporary British destroyers. Almirante Condell was built by the United Kingdom as part of a six-ship Almirante Lynch class of destroyers, of which only two ships were delivered before the outbreak of war. Those two ships served in the Chilean Navy until 1945.[1]

The ship was named after Admiral Carlos Condell, Chilean sailor, hero of the War of the Pacific.

Citations

edit
  1. ^ Whitley, p. 30

Bibliography

edit
  • Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.