Almirante Lynch-class torpedo gunboat

The Almirante Lynch class was a pair of torpedo gunboats, Almirante Lynch and Almirante Condell, ordered for the Chilean Navy in the late 1880s. This class is sometimes considered a torpedo cruiser.

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 m (229 ft 8 in) p/p
Beam: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Draught:
  • 1 m (3 ft 3 in) forward
  • 6 m (19 ft 8 in) aft
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:

See also

References
  • López Urrutia, Carlos (1986). "Cazatorpederos y destructores en la Armada de Chile" (PDF). Revista de Marina (in Spanish). Viña del Mar, Chile. 103 (771).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • "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.
  • "Almirante Lynch torpedo gunboats (1890)". Fighting ships of the World. Navypedia. 15 August 2020.


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