At the Port of Valparaiso, Chile.

ALMIRANTE COCHRANE (Left side)

FF05

Year: 1990
Displacement: 4200 tons
Power of Machinery Diesel Electric and Gas System - CODLAG

Armament:

1 tower of 4.5 ”MK-8 MOD. one
8 HARPOON anti-surface missiles
01 SEAWOLF point defense missile launcher
2 30mm machine guns.
4 torpedo tubes (MK-46)
Cougar SH-32 embarked helicopter, anti-submarine and anti-surface

Maximum speed28 knots

LOA: 133,00 Mts B: 16.4 Mts D: 8.90 Mts Draft: 7.2 Mts

Ex name: HMS "Norfolk"

It is the first type 23 frigate of the Duke class, it began its construction period on December 14, 1985 at the Yarrow Shipbuiders Shipyards, in the United Kingdom. It entered the service of the British Navy on June 1, 1990 under the name of HMS "Norfolk". It was designed primarily as an anti-submarine warfare platform, using state-of-the-art technology.

ALMIRANTE CONDELL

FF 06

Year: 1991
Displacement: 4200 tons
Power of Machinery Diesel Electric and Gas System - CODLAG

Armament:

8 HARPOON antsuperfice missiles
01 SEAWOLF point defense missile launcher
1 tower of 4.5 "MK-8 MOD 1
2 machine guns of 30 mm.
4 torpedo tubes (MK-46)

Cougar SH-32 embarked helicopter, anti-submarine and anti-surface

Maximum speed28 knots

LOA: 133,00 Mts. B: 16.10 Mts D: 30.91 Mts Draft: 7.20 Mts

Ex name: HMS "Marlborough"

The frigate "Almirante Condell", former HMS "Marlborough", is one of the three type 23 Duke class frigates acquired by the Chilean Navy from the Royal Navy. It was built in the Swan Hunter shipyards in the United Kingdom between 1987 and 1991.

ALMIRANTE LYNCH (Right side moored to breakwater)

FF 07

ARMADA DE CHILE / CHILEAN NAVY

Built:1997

Standard displacement: 3500 tons, máx cargo 4200 tons.

Armament:

8 misiles antsurface HARPOON

01 Missil launch SEAWOLF

1 turret of 4,5" MK-8 MOD 1

2 machine guns of 30 mm.

4 torpedo tubes (MK-46)

Embarked helicopter Cougar SH-32, antisom and surface.

Engine power: CODLAG

Max speed: 28 Knots

LOA:133 Mts B:16,10 Mts. D: 8,9 Mts. Draught: 7,20 Mts.

Ex Name: HMS "Grafton"

The frigate "Almirante Lynch" is the fourth unit with the name of the Vice admiral Patricio Lynch Solo de Zaldívar.

This is a frigate Duke type 23 and was built in the Yarrow Shipbuilders at Glasow, Great Britain.

Her incorporation to the Chilean Navy is performed ten years later, in Plymouth, the 27th of March of 2007. Her capacity to carry two medium helicopters 'Cougar', apart of her missile Its incorporation to the Chilean Navy is performed ten years later, in Plymouth, on 27 March 2007. Her ability to carry two medium helicopters 'Cougar', in addition to her missile capability antisurface Jindalee over- 'Harpoon', give the type 23 frigates an extraordinary capacity for combat in all theaters, despite the fact that their original design was for the submarine fight.