The anti-submarine frigate Type 23 FF-06 Almirante Condell of the Chilean Navy arrived on Friday, June 14, at the US naval base in San DiegoCalifornia, to join one of the task groups that will participate in the international exercise Rim of the Pacific, Rimpac, which will take place from June 26 to August 2 in the Hawaii area.
The unit of the National Squadas published exclusively Infodefensa.comit is the first time that it participates in this international exercise carried out since 1971 by the United States Navy and which is designed to foster and maintain cooperative relations between the navies of the Indo-Pacific to ensure the security of maritime routes in this vast region of the planet.
The exercise Rimpac It is the largest in the world and tests the capabilities of participants to operate in a combined manner, improve their combat capabilities and increase interoperability to confront various threats to regional stability. Chile joined Rimpac in 1996 and, except for a parenthesis in 2010, due to the earthquake that affected the center of the country, and in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19the institution has participated 12 times in this exercise.
The ship, under the command of the captain Carlos Ruizset sail from the port of Valparaíso on the afternoon of May 27 to begin a deployment of more than three months in the North Pacific and will interoperate in Rimpac 2024 with 40 ships and three submarines, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 men and women representing 29 countries of the world.
On board the frigate FF-06 Admiral Condell an attack helicopter is embarked Airbus AS332F1 Cougar (SH-32) of the HA-1 Attack Helicopter Squadron of the Naval Aviation which will be used in anti-submarine combat missions during the XXIX edition of the international naval exercise Rimpac.
FF-06 Admiral Condell
The FF-06 Admiral Condell It is an anti-submarine frigate Type 23 and it was built in the shipyard Swan Hunter between 1987 and 1991. The ship was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 14 July 1991 and served under the name HMS Marlborough (F233) until July 8, 2005, the date on which it was withdrawn from service.
The vessel has a length of 133 m, a beam of 16.1 m, a draft of 7.2 m and a displacement of 4,200 tons. It has a combined diesel-electric and gas propulsion system. (Codlag) composed of electric motors GECtwo turbines Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C and high-performance, low-noise diesel generators that facilitate the operation of anti-submarine search sensors.
The unit features low-frequency, variable depth active/passive search towed sonar S2087 of Thales Underwater Systems. This system allows the detection, classification and long-distance tracking of nuclear and diesel-electric submarines. He S2087 You can change the depth to optimize the performance of the four rings of active low-frequency drivers and the linear array of passive drivers.
The FF-06 Admiral Condell It is the last of the three anti-submarine frigates Type 23 of the Chilean Navy that received a modernization process of its command and control systems, sensors and local and point anti-aircraft defense at the industrial plant of Asmar Talcahuano. The work was carried out between September 2020 and October 2021.
The unit, within the framework of the project Askincorporated combat management system CMS 330 of Lockheed Martin; the multifunction naval surveillance and target acquisition radar TRS-4D, the naval secondary radar interrogator MSSR 2000 I and the transponder LTR400DNG of Hensoldt; active guidance anti-aircraft missile/anti-missile CAMM of MBDA and tactical data link systems Link 16 and Link 22 of Viasat.
