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Almirante Lynch 1934

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Almirante Lynch			White, Cowes, UK	11.1911	28.9.1912	1913	stricken 12.1945
Almirante Condell			White, Cowes, UK	12.1911	27.1.1913	1.1914	boiler explosion 26.10.1944, never repaired

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1430
Displacement full, t	1850
Length, m	97.5 pp 100.8 oa
Breadth, m	9.90
Draught, m	3.35 max
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Parsons steam turbines, 6 White-Forster boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	coal 427 + oil 80
Endurance, nm(kts)	2750(15)
Armament	6 x 1 - 102/40 Armstrong S, 4 x 1 - 7.7/94, 4 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	160

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Project history

In early 1911 Chilean Navy ordered to S. White a class of six large and strongly armed destroyers. Ships were laid down in 1911-1913. For that moment they were the strongest destroyers in the world, in twice exceeding standard British destroyers on armament. On construction they corresponded to standards of Royal Navy. On 6hr trials Almirante Lynch has shown 31.8kts, Almirante Condell 33.4kts. Ships differed by magnificent furnish of officer cabins and bad conditions of habitability of sailors.    Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell departured England 7.2.1914 and arrived to Chile 22.4.1914; Almirante Williams Robellado, Almirante Goni, Almirante Simpson and Almirante Riveros in beginning of war were requisitioned by British Government and commissioned by Royal avy as Botha, Broke, Faulknor and Tipperary. Latter was lost 31.5.1916 during Jutland battle, remaining ships in May, 1920 were returned to Chile and received names Almirante Williams, Almirante Uribe and Almirante Riveros. Because of strong deterioration they were stricken in 1933.

Modernizations

1930, both: boilers were converted to pure oil burning (4200(15)nm); - 4 x 1 - 450 TT; + 2 x 2 - 533 TT

Naval service

Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell served till the end of WWII, though Almirante Condell 26.10.1944 was hard damaged as result of boiler explosion and was never repaired, however her hull was used as a pontoon till 1955.