Hey Forestin

It’s nice to have a Chilean poster on this topic. Thanks for your replies so far.
Anyway, with the PFG Condell and Lynch set to retire soon, will their Phalanx CIWS systems end up on the M’s — Blanco and Riveros ? I hear the Dutch wanted to keep the Goalkeepers for their new LPD Johan De Witt. I’ve tried to read up on it on some Chilean naval forums.. but my Spanish is not very good and online translation doesn’t always help. And.. is it true that Ecuador and Bangladesh are in the running for the Leanders ? They may be 32 years old, but from everything I’ve read, they’re in excellent condition.

Re: Williams

Thanks for the greetings, pleasure to be aboard.
The 76 mm makes the most sense size-wise, and they’re plentiful in Chilean service. Any plans to fit them on the L’s ? I always found it odd they never had gun armament — save for Goalkeeper. That said, Chile is not only getting Harpoons, they’ve been cleared by US Foreign Military Sales to get the latest RGM 84L version. Chile has also been cleared to get the block two Sea Wolf for the 23’s and Williams.. so I’d imagine the the launchers will stay on the Type 22.
By the way, any word on the In Service date for the first 23, the Cochrane ? I keep hearing late this year or early next. Kudos to Chile.. a country that has reached a NATO-Standard fleet in what, a three year period ?
Just need to replace LST Valdivia, AO Aurocano and the old Oscar Viel icebreaker ( being Canadian, I remember well as the CCGS Norman McLeod Rogers ).. and it pretty much has a regenerated fleet.. along with the new OPV’s it plans to build.