Chilean frigate Almirante Condell (PFG-06)
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 Chilean frigate Almirante Condell (PFG-06) |
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| Career (Chile) |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Admiral Carlos Condell |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Laid down: | June 1971 |
| Launched: | June 12, 1972 |
| Christened: | Almirante Condell 3, PFG-06 |
| Commissioned: | December 21, 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | December 11, 2007 |
| Fate: | Sold to Ecuador |
| Career (Ecuador) |  |
| Name: | BAE Eloy Alfaro (FM 01) |
| Namesake: | Eloy Alfaro |
| Acquired: | March 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Condell class frigate |
| Displacement: | 2500 tons |
| Length: | 372 ft (113 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 White/English Electric steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 30,000 hp (19 MW) |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Range: | 4500 nautical miles (8,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 250 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1x Eurocopter AS 532 |
Chilean frigate Almirante Condell (PFG-06) was a Condell-class frigate in the Chilean Navy, and was the third ship in the Chilean Navy to bear this name.
She is a refitted Leander class frigate previously of the Chilean Navy. It was ordered by the Chilean government in 1969 as ASW frigates, together with its twin the Almirante Lynch. The class was built between 1969 & 1973, under Chilean modifications in Yarrow (Shipbuilders) LTD. in Scotstoun, Glasgow. The first Almirante Condell arrived in Chile in 1973.
She was decommissioned on 11 December 2007
On March 2008, she was sold to Ecuador, with sister ship Almirante Lynch, and re-named BAE Eloy Alfaro (FM 01).[citation needed]
Frigate BAE "Eloy Alfaro"FM 01 an ex "Condell" was transferred to Navy of Ecuador on 18 April 2008.
