BAP Ferré (DM-74)
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | September 22, 1946 |
| Launched: | March 29, 1949 |
| Commissioned: | April 28, 1953 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,819 tonnes standard 3,592 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 121.60 m |
| Beam: | 13.10 m |
| Draft: | 4.60 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 English Electric geared steam turbines 2 shafts; 54,800 shp |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Range: | 3,500 nm at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 17 officers, 205 enlisted |
| Radar: | • AWS-1 early warning • Triton surface search • 4 RTN-10X fire control • Decca 250 HC navigation |
| Electronic Warfare: | F0417-501 intercept |
| Armament: | • 8 Exocet MM-38 SSM • 3 twin Mk V 114/45 mm guns • 2 twin Otobreda 40/70 mm Compact gun mountings |
BAP Ferré (DM-74) is a Daring class destroyer in service with the Peruvian Navy. It was completed for the Royal Navy in 1953 as HMS Decoy. After being decommissioned it was sold to Peru in 1969 together with its sistership Diana. It was renamed after Diego Ferré, a war hero who died at the Battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific.
Prior to entering service with the Marina de Guerra del Perú it underwent a major refit by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead between 1970 and 1973. Work done during this refit included the following:
- Rebuilding of the foremast for installation of the Plessey AWS-1 air-search radar
- Installation of eight Exocet MM-38 SSMs in place of the Close Range Blind Fire Director forward of X turret
After the rebuild was done, Ferré was commissioned into the Peruvian Navy on April 1973. Further work was done on the ship by SIMA dockyards in Callao as follows:
- In 1975-76 the Squid ASW mortar was removed and a helicopter landing deck fitted
- In 1977-1978 two twin Otobreda 40/70 mm Compact gun mountings were installed as was the AESN NA-10 gun fire-control system and four AESN RTN-10X fire-control radars
After serving in two navies for more than fifty years, Ferré is expected to be decommissioned in the near future.
[edit] Sources
- Baker III, Arthur D., The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003. Naval Institute Press, 2002.
- Sharpe, Richard (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1990 - 91. Jane's Information Group, 1990.
| Daring-class destroyer |
| Royal Navy |
| Dainty | Daring | Decoy | Defender | Delight | Diamond | Diana | Duchess |
| Peruvian Navy |
| Palacios (ex-Diana) | Ferré (ex-Decoy) |
| Royal Australian Navy |
| Duchess | Vampire | Vendetta | Voyager |
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