BAP Ferré (DM-74)
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| Career (UK) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Daring class destroyer |
| Name: | HMS Decoy |
| Builder: | Yarrow and Co. Ltd, Glasgow |
| Laid down: | September 22, 1946 |
| Launched: | March 29, 1949 |
| Commissioned: | April 28, 1953 |
| Fate: | Sold to Peruvian Navy on 1969 |
| Career (Peru) |  |
| Name: | BAP Ferré |
| Commissioned: | April, 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | July 13, 2007 |
| Homeport: | Callao |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,819 tonnes standard 3,592 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 121.60 m |
| Beam: | 13.10 m |
| Draught: | 5.50 m |
| Draft: | 4.60 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 English Electric geared steam turbines 2 shafts; 54,800 shp |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nm at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 186 (18 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
1 Plessey AWS-1 early warning |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
F0417-501 intercept |
| Armament: |
8 Exocet MM-38 SSM |
| Aviation facilities: | Landing deck for 1 medium helicopter |
BAP Ferré (DM-74) was a Daring class destroyer in service with the Peruvian Navy. She was completed for the Royal Navy in 1953 as HMS Decoy. After being decommissioned she was sold to Peru in 1969 together with her sistership Diana. She 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 Peruvian Navy she 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 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun mountings were installed as was the AESN NA-10 gun fire-control system and an AESN RTN-10X fire-control radar
After serving in two navies for 54 years, Ferré was decommissioned on July 13, 2007.[1]
 The crest of BAP Ferré |
[edit] Notes
[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.
