BAP Coronel Bolognesi (CL-82)

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Career

Laid down:	April 27, 1939
Launched:	July 30, 1942
Commissioned:	July 13, 1943
Decommissioned:	September 20, 1982
General Characteristics
Displacement:	8,921 tonnes standard 11,287 tonnes full load
Length:	169.3 m
Beam:	18.9 m
Draft:	5.3 m
Propulsion:	4 Admiralty three-drum boilers 4 Parsons geared steam turbines 4 shafts; 72,500 shp
Speed:	31.5 knots
Range:	10,200 nm at 12 knots
Complement:	730 (wartime) 650 (peacetime)
Radar:	• Type 281B air search • Type 293 surface search • Type 960 height finding • Type 284 fire control (152 mm) • Type 283 fire control (102 mm) • Type 285 fire control (2 pdr)
Armament:	• 3 triple Mk XXIII 152/50 mm guns • 4 twin Mk XIX 102/45 mm guns • 5 twin and 8 single Bofors 40/60 mm guns
Armor:	82.5-88.9 mm belt 25.4-50.8 mm turrets

BAP Coronel Bolognesi (CL-82) was a Crown Colony class cruiser in service with the Peruvian Navy. It was completed for the Royal Navy in 1943 as HMS Ceylon and, after being withdrawn from service, commissioned by the Marina de Guerra del Perú on February 9, 1960. Renamed BAP Coronel Bolognesi (CL-81), in honor of the Peruvian Colonel Francisco Bolognesi, it arrived to its new homeport of Callao on March 19, 1960.

In service, the ship has participated in several exercises, including the multinational UNITAS manoeuvres, as well as taking part in disaster relief operations after the 1970 Ancash earthquake. In 1963, after the creation of the of the Servicio de Aviación Naval (Naval Aviation Service), the Coronel Bolognesi started operating Bell 47G helicopters from its fantail. It was passed to a reserve status on June 9, 1981, renamed Pontón Perú (UAI-113) on May 30, 1982 and decommissioned on September 20 of the same year.