Chilean frigate Almirante Condell (PFG-06)

For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Almirante Condell.

Chilean frigate Almirante Condell (PFG-06)
History
Chile
Name	Almirante Condell
Namesake	Admiral Carlos Condell
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland
Laid down	5 June 1971[1]
Launched	12 June 1972[1]
Christened	Almirante Condell 3, PFG-06
Commissioned	21 December 1973[1]
Decommissioned	11 December 2007
Fate	Sold to Ecuador, March 2008
Ecuador
Name	Eloy Alfaro
Namesake	Eloy Alfaro
Acquired	March 2008
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Condell-class frigate
Displacement	2,500 long tons (2,540 t) standard 2,962 long tons (3,010 t) full load
Length	372 ft (113.4 m) oa 360 ft (109.7 m) waterline
Beam	43 ft (13.1 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	263
Sensors and processing systems	SISDEF Imagen SP 100 Combat Data System Type 184M/P medium-frequency hull search/attack sonar Type 170B high frequency hull mounted attack sonar Type 162 M high-frequency classification sonar Type 1006 I-band navigation radar Type 965 air-search radar Type 992Q surface-search radar Type 904 Seacat fire control Type 903 gun fire control
Armament	1 × twin mount 4.5 in (114 mm) gun 4 × Exocet anti-ship missile launchers 1 × quadruple Sea Cat surface-to-air missile launcher, 16 missiles 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 × Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter

Chilean frigate Almirante Condell (PFG-06) was a Condell-class frigate of the Chilean Navy, and was the third ship in the Chilean Navy to bear this name.

She is a modified Leander-class frigate ordered by the Chilean government on 14 January 1970 as an ASW frigate, together with Almirante Lynch.^[2] The class was built between 1969 and 1973, under Chilean modifications at Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotstoun, Glasgow. Almirante Condell was delivered to Chile in 1973. She was decommissioned on 11 December 2007.

In March 2008, she was sold to Ecuador, along with her sister ship Almirante Lynch, and renamed BAE Eloy Alfaro (FM 01). Both ships were handed over to the Navy of Ecuador on 18 April 2008.^[3]

Citations

1. Saunders 2002, p. 108.
2. Baker 1998, p. 102.
3. Armada de Chile website Archived 24 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

References

• Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
• Saunders, Stephen (2002). Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0710624328.

External links

• Chilean Navy Website (in Spanish)