Almirante Condell 1980
Ministro Zenteno 1990
Almirante Condell 2000
Ministro Zenteno 2000
Almirante Lynch 2005
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Almirante Condell | 06 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 5.6.1971 | 12.6.1972 | 21.12.1973 | retired 2007, to Ecuador (Presidente Eloy Alfaro) | |
| Almirante Lynch | 07 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 6.12.1972 | 6.12.1973 | 25.5.1974 | retired 2007, to Ecuador (Morán Valverde) | |
| Ministro Zenteno (ex-Achilles) | 08 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 1.12.1967 | 21.11.1968 | 9.7.1970 // 27.11.1990 | retired 2006 | |
| General Baquedano (ex-Ariadne) | 09 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 1.11.1969 | 10.9.1971 | 10.2.1973 // 3.6.1992 | for spare parts 12.1998 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2500 |
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Displacement full, t |
2962 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.50 hull 5.49 propellers |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Y-160 geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
06, 07: 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (16 Sea Cat), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter (BO-105CBS) 08, 09: 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Wasp) |
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Electronic equipment |
06, 07: type 978, type 965 AKE-1, type 992Q, type 903, type 904 radars, type 177, type 170B, type 162 sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 ECM suites, 4x Barricade, 2x Corvus decoy RL 08, 09: type 1006, type 965 AKE-1, type 994, type 903, type 904 radars, type 184M, type 170B, type 162, type 199 sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 ECM suites, 4x Barricade, 2x Corvus decoy RL |
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Complement |
263 |
Project history: These Chilean Leanders have taller foremasts than their British near-sisters. Exocet MM 38 were at first mounted on the fantail as opposed to replacing the 4.5in gun as in the British Exocet-equipped Leanders.
Modernizations: late 1980s, Almirante Condell, Almirante Lynch: - 4 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM, 1 helicopter (BO-105CBS), type 978, type 965 AKE-1 radars, UA-8/9, type 668 ECM suites, 2x Corvus decoy RL; + 2 x 2 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), 1 helicopter (AS.332B Super Puma), type 1006, type 966 radars, NS-9003A, NS-9005 ECM suites, helicopter deck and hangar enlarged
1993-1995, Almirante Condell, Almirante Lynch: + SP-100 CCS
1996, Ministro Zenteno: - type 965M AKE-1, type 994 radars, UA-8/9, type 668 ECM suites, 2x Corvus decoy RL; + 2 x 1 MM38 Exocet SSM (2 MM38), type 966, type 992Q radars, NS-9003A, NS-9005 ECM suites
2002, Almirante Lynch: + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Almirante Lynch 1979
Almirante Condell 2001
Ministro Zenteno 2003
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