The Almirante Lynch class were a group of destroyers built for the Chilean Navy prior to World War I.

The class of ships was named after Admiral Patricio Lynch, Chilean sailor, hero of the War of the Pacific.

Construction of these ships led to an expansion of the yard and the purchase of a large 80 ton hammerhead crane from Babcock & Wilcox of Renfrew, Scotland.

These guns were of a novel Elswick design for the Chileans and when the ships were rearmed they were replaced with standard Royal Navy models.

The remaining four ships were purchased by the British in 1914 and fought in the Royal Navy during World War I as the Faulknor-class flotilla leaders.