Almirante Lynch-class torpedo gunboat

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Crucero-torpedero Almirante Condell.JPG
Almirante Condell in 1903
Class overview
NameAlmirante Lynch class
Builders Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, UK
OperatorsFlag of Chile.svg  Chilean Navy
Preceded byNone
Succeeded by Almirante Simpson
Built1889–1890
In commission1891–1919
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics
Type Torpedo 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

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.

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Ships

ShipNamesakeBuilderLaid downLaunchedFate
Almirante Lynch Patricio Lynch Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, UK18891890Stricken 1919
Almirante Condell Carlos Condell Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, UK18891890Stricken 1919

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