Almirante Lynch-class torpedo gunboat

Almirante Condell in 1903
Class overview
Name	Almirante Lynch class
Builders	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, UK
Operators	Chilean Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Almirante Simpson
Built	1889–1890
In commission	1891–1919
Completed	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Torpedo gunboat
Displacement	713 t (702 long tons)
Length	70.1 m (230 ft 0 in) p/p
Beam	8.38 m (27 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.53 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
Speed	20.2 knots (37.4 km/h; 23.2 mph)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Complement	87
Armament	1890 : 5 × 356 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes 3 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) 12-pounder guns 4 × 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 2 machine guns

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.

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

• Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat

References

• López Urrutia, Carlos (1986). "Cazatorpederos y destructores en la Armada de Chile" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). 103 (771). Viña del Mar, Chile.
• 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.