Chilean frigate Almirante Lynch (PFG-07)

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.^[1]

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