PR-72P class corvette
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| Displacement: | 560 tonnes standard 610 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 64.0m |
| Beam: | 8.35m |
| Draft: | 2.60m |
| Propulsion: | 4 MTU 12V595 diesel engines, 4 shafts, 17,424bhp (CM 21-23) 4 SACM AGO 240V16 M7 diesel engines, 4 shafts, 22,000bhp (CM 24-26) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (CM 21-23) 37 knots (CM 24-26) |
| Range: | 2500nm at 16 knots |
| Complement: | 36 (accommodation for 46) |
| Armament: | • 4 Exocet MM-38 SSMs • 1 single Otobreda 76/62mm Compact gun • 1 twin Otobreda 40/70mm Compact gun • 2 single 7.62mm machine-guns |
PR-72P class corvettes are French-designed warships in service with the Peruvian Navy. Six units were ordered in 1976 by the Marina de Guerra del Perú from the Société Française de Construction Navale. Subsequently, three of them were built by the company's own shipyard at Villeneuve-la-Garenne and the rest subcontracted to Lorient Naval Dockyard. They were launched from 1978 until 1979 and commissioned between 1980 and 1981. Pennant numbers were originally P-101 to P-106, but were later modified to CM-21 to CM-26, where CM stands for corbeta misilera, Spanish for guided missile corvette.
They are fitted with the following electronic systems:
- A Thomson-CSF THD 1040 Triton search radar
- A Thomson-CSF Vega fire-control system
- A Thomson-CSF Castor II fire-control radar
- A CSEE Panda optical director
- A Decca 1226 navigation radar
- A Thomson-CSF DR-2000 ESM system
In 1998 the Peruvian Navy signed a contract with MTU to re-engine three PR-72P class corvettes. The other units are expected to be similarly modified 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.
| PR-72P class corvette |
| Peruvian Navy |
| Velarde | Santillana | De los Heros | Herrera | Larrea | Sánchez Carrión |
