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The Almirante Lynch-class was a pair of two torpedo gunboats, CHILEAN TORPEDO GUNBOAT Almirante Lynch and CHILEAN TORPEDO GUNBOAT Almirante Condell, ordered for the Chilean Navy in the late 1880s.

Acquisition
After the War of the Pacific, the Chilean Navy went through a process of modernization and renewal of the fleet. The government of Chilean President José Manuel Balmaceda (1886–1891) promoted a naval plan for this purpose, aware of the need to have a respectable navy in the face of possible conflicts with Peru or Argentina. By law of 22 August 1887, Balmaceda ordered the construction in France and the England of new vessels to swell the fleet. In England, the two Almirante Lynch-class torpedo gunboats were ordered to be built at the Laird Brothers shipyard. All these naval acquisitions had been made through a special commission headed by Admiral Juan José Latorre.