Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been named Almirante Lynch after Patricio Lynch (1824–1886), a Chilean hero during the War of the Pacific , a , launched in 1890, and decommissioned in 1919 , lead ship of her class of destroyers, launched in 1912, and decommissioned in 1945 , a , launched in 1972, decommissioned in 2007, and sold to Ecuador in 2008 , a Type 23 frigate, the former HMS Grafton (F80), commissioned into the Chilean Navy in 2007 Chilean Navy ship names