Almirante Lynch-class torpedo gunboat

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.

Almirante Condell in 1903
Class overview
NameAlmirante Lynch class
BuildersLaird Brothers, Birkenhead, UK
Operators Chilean Navy
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byAlmirante Simpson
Built1889–1890
In commission1891–1919
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo gunboat
Displacement713 t (702 long tons)
Length70.1 m (230 ft 0 in) p/p
Beam8.38 m (27 ft 6 in)
Draught2.53 m (8.3 ft)
Installed power
  • 4 locomotive boilers
  • 4,532 ihp (3,380 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 steam engines, 3.38 MW (4,533 hp)
  • 4 cylindrical boilers
  • 2 screws
Speed20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Complement87
Armament

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

See also

References
  • López Urrutia, Carlos (1986). "Cazatorpederos y destructores en la Armada de Chile" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). Viña del Mar, Chile. 103 (771).
  • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
  • "Cazatorpedero "Lynch" 1º". Unidades Navales (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. 11 August 2020.
  • "Cazatorpedero "Almirante Condell" 1º". Unidades Navales (in Spanish). Chilean Navy. 11 August 2020.
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