Chilean destroyer Almirante Lynch

For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Almirante Lynch.

Almirante Lynch was a destroyer in service with the Chilean Navy through World War I and World War II. She was named after Admiral Patricio Lynch, Chilean sailor, hero of the War of the Pacific.

Sister ship Almirante Condell
History
Chile
Name	Almirante Lynch
Namesake	Patricio Lynch
Ordered	1911
Builder	J. Samuel White, UK
Laid down	1912
Launched	28 September 1912
Commissioned	1913
Decommissioned	19 December 1945
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Almirante Lynch-class destroyer
Displacement	1,430 long tons (1,453 t) standard 1,850 long tons (1,880 t) full load
Length	101 m (331 ft 4 in)
Beam	9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	6 × Foster-White mixed fired boilers 3 shaft Parsons direct turbines 30,000 hp (22,371 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	4,205 nmi (7,788 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	160
Armament	6 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns 4 × machine guns 3 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The Chilean Navy ordered six ships from J. Samuel White in 1911. These destroyers were larger and more powerful that contemporary British destroyers. Almirante Lynch was built by the United Kingdom as part of a six ship class of Almirante Lynch-class destroyers, of which only two were delivered before the outbreak of war, and served in the Chilean Navy until 1945.

Bibliography

• Whitley, M. J. (2000). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.