BAP Carvajal (FM-51)

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Career

Laid down:	October 8, 1974
Launched:	November 13, 1976
Commissioned:	December 23, 1979
General Characteristics
Displacement:	2,400 tonnes standard
Length:	112.40 m overall 106.00 m waterline
Beam:	11.98 m
Draught:	3.73 m
Propulsion:	CODOG 2 General Electric / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines: 50,000 hp 2 GMT A230-20 diesel engines: 7,800 hp
Speed:	35 knots
Range:	4,350 nm at 16 knots
Complement:	22 officers, 199 enlisted
Radar:	• Signaal LW-08 air search • RAN-11L/X surface search • 2 RTN-10XP fire control • 2 RTN-20XP fire control • Decca BridgeMaster II navigation
Sonar:	EDO 610E(P) hull
Electronic Warfare:	• Lambda intercept • 2 SCLAR decoy launchers
Armament:	• 8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs • 8 Aspide SAMs • 8 Igla SAMs • 1 OTO Melara 127/54 mm gun • 2 Breda-Bofors twin 40/70 mm guns • 2 ILAS-3 triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft:	1 ASH-3D Sea King or 1 AB-212ASW helicopter
ITU callsign:	OBHH

BAP Carvajal (FM-51) is the first out of four Modified Lupo class frigates ordered by the Peruvian Navy in 1973. It was built by the italian shipbuilder Cantieri Navali Riuniti at its shipyard in Riva Trigoso, Genoa. Though sea trials were initiated on June 9, 1977 its commissioning was delayed until December 23, 1979 due to delays in equipment deliveries by some subcontractors. In 1998 her flight deck was extended to allow ASH-3D Sea King helicopters to land and refuel, even though they can't be housed in the ship's hangar.

The Carvajal is named after Vice Admiral Melitón Carvajal (1845-1935) who fought in the War of the Pacific.

[edit] Sources

Rodríguez, John, "Las fragatas Lupo: una breve mirada retrospectiva y perspectivas". Revista de Marina, Year 95, No. 3: 8-32 (July / December 2002).