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Condell class frigate

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Name
  
Condell class

Completed
  
2

Building
  
2

Active
  
2

Condell-class frigate

Builders
  
Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Glasgow

Operators
  
Chilean Navy  Ecuadorian Navy

The Condell class was the name given to a class of two new build and upgraded type Leander-class frigates of the Chilean Navy, Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch. They were ordered by the Chilean government in 1969 as ASW frigates. The ships were built between 1969 and 1973, under Chilean modifications, by Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd. in Scotstoun, Glasgow. Almirante Condell arrived in Chile in 1973, with Almirante Lynch following in 1974.

Almirante Lynch was decommissioned on 4 July 2007 after 33 years service. Almirante Condell was decommissioned on 18 April 2008, before both were sold to the Ecuadorian Navy on the same day. Both frigates were replaced by HMS Norfolk, HMS Marlborough, HMS Grafton; three Type 23-class vessels purchased from the British Royal Navy. Both frigates are currently in active service with Ecuadorian Navy as BAE MorĂ¡n Valverde (FM-01) and BAE Presidente Eloy Alfaro (FM-02).

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Condell-class frigate Wikipedia