Condell-class frigate

The Condell class was a pair of anti-submarine frigates, Almirante Condell and Almirante Lynch, built for the Chilean Navy as new-build and modified versions of the British Leander class. The Chilean government ordered them in 1969, and Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd. built them at Scotstoun in Glasgow under Chilean modifications between 1969 and 1973, with Almirante Condell arriving in Chile in 1973 and Almirante Lynch in 1974. After about three decades in Chilean service, Almirante Lynch was decommissioned in July 2007 and both ships were sold to the Ecuadorian Navy, which still operates them as Moran Valverde and Presidente Eloy Alfaro. Three Type 23 frigates bought from the Royal Navy replaced them in Chile.