Chilean destroyer Almirante Lynch

Almirante Lynch was a destroyer in service with the Chilean Navy through World War I and World War II. She was named after Admiral Patricio Lynch, Chilean sailor, hero of the War of the Pacific.

Sister ship Almirante Condell
History
Chile
NameAlmirante Lynch
NamesakePatricio Lynch
Ordered1911
BuilderJ. Samuel White, UK
Laid down1912
Launched28 September 1912
Commissioned1913
Decommissioned19 December 1945
FateScrapped
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 hp (22,371 kW)
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range4,205 nmi (7,788 km) at 15 kn (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 that contemporary British destroyers. Almirante Lynch was built by the United Kingdom as part of a six ship class of Almirante Lynch-class destroyers, of which only two were delivered before the outbreak of war, and served in the Chilean Navy until 1945.[1]

Citations

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  1. ^ Whitley, p. 30

Bibliography

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