Almirante Condell in 1903
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Class overview | |
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Name | Almirante Lynch class |
Builders | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
Operators | Chilean Navy |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Almirante Simpson |
Built | 1889–1890 |
In commission | 1891–1919 |
Completed | 2 |
Scrapped | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Torpedo gunboat |
Displacement | 713 t / 750 t |
Length | 70.10 m (230 ft) p/p |
Beam | 8.38 m (27 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 2.53 m (8.3 ft) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 20.65 to 20.3 kn (38.24 to 37.60 km/h; 23.76 to 23.36 mph) |
Complement | 87 |
Armament |
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Armour | Engines - boilers: 25 mm (0.98 in) |
The Almirante Lynch-class was a pair of two torpedo gunboats, Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell, ordered for the Chilean Navy in the late 1880s.
Acquisition
editAfter the War of the Pacific, the Chilean Navy went through a process of modernization and renewal of the fleet. The government of Chilean President José Manuel Balmaceda (1886–1891) promoted a naval plan for this purpose,[1] aware of the need to have a respectable navy in the face of possible conflicts with Peru or Argentina.[2] By law of 22 August 1887,[2] Balmaceda ordered the construction in France[Note 1] and the England of new vessels to swell the fleet. In England, the two Almirante Lynch-class torpedo gunboats were ordered to be built at the Laird Brothers shipyard.[1] All these naval acquisitions had been made through a special commission headed by Admiral Juan José Latorre.[1]
Design and description
editType
editCharacteristics
editShips
editShip | Namesake | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Fate |
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Almirante Lynch | Patricio Lynch | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead | 1889 | 1890 | Stricken 1919 |
Almirante Condell | Carlos Condell | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead | 1889 | 1890 | Stricken 1919 |
Service history
editSee also
editFootnotes
editNotes
edit- ^ In this country, the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée of La Seyne shipyard was ordered to build five ships. They were the battleship Capitán Prat, the two Presidente Errázuriz-class cruisers, and the cutters Huemul and Cóndor.[1]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d Castagneto Garviso, Piero (2018). "De la guerra del Pacífico hasta fines del siglo XIX". Escuadra nacional 1818-2018 (in Spanish). Armada de Chile. p. 143.
- ^ a b Thomas Cavieres, Federico (September–October 1990). "Cruceros al servicio de la Armada de Chile" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 107 (798). Viña del Mar, Chile: 517–518.
References
edit- López Urrutia, Carlos (1986). "Cazatorpederos y destructores en la Armada de Chile" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 103 (771). Viña del Mar, Chile.
- Lyon, Hugh (1979). "Chile". In Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 410–415. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- "Cazatorpedero "Lynch" 1º". Unidades Navales (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "Cazatorpedero "Almirante Condell" 1º". Unidades Navales (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "Almirante Lynch torpedo gunboats (1890)". Fighting ships of the World. Navypedia. Retrieved 15 August 2020.