BAP Mariátegui (FM-54)

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Career

Laid down:	August 13, 1976
Launched:	October 8, 1984
Commissioned:	December 28, 1987
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:	• RAN-10S early warning • 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:	OBHG

BAP Mariátegui (FM-54) is the last out of four Modified Lupo class frigates ordered by the Peruvian Navy in 1973. It was built by SIMA (Servicio Industrial de la Marina, Navy Industrial Service) at Callao under license from the italian shipbuilder Cantieri Navali Riuniti. Shortage of funds and technical difficulties delayed her completion for several years, being finally commissioned in 1987. 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 Mariátegui is named after Rear Admiral Ignacio Mariátegui who fought in the Peruvian War of Independence.

[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).