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Almirante Condell in 1903
Class overview
NameAlmirante Lynch class
BuildersLaird Brothers, Birkenhead
Operators Chilean Navy
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byAlmirante Simpson
Built1889–1890
In commission1891–1919
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo gunboat
Displacement713 t / 750 t
Length70.10 m (230 ft) p/p
Beam8.38 m (27 ft 6 in)
Draught2.53 m (8.3 ft)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed20.65 to 20.3 kn (38.24 to 37.60 km/h; 23.76 to 23.36 mph)
Complement87
Armament
ArmourEngines - 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

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After 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

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Type

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Characteristics

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Ships

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Ship Namesake Builder Laid down Launched Fate
Almirante Lynch Patricio Lynch Laird Brothers, Birkenhead 1889 1890 Stricken 1919
Almirante Condell Carlos Condell Laird Brothers, Birkenhead 1889 1890 Stricken 1919

Service history

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Sinking of the ironclad Blanco Encalada in Caldera Bay, on 23 April 1891

See also

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Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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

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