BAP Montero (FM-53)

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BAP BAP Montero (FM-53)
Career (Peru) Peruvian Navy Ensign
Ordered: 1973
Builder: SIMA Callao
Laid down: June 16, 1976
Launched: October 8, 1982
Commissioned: July 29, 1984
Homeport: Callao
Fate: Active in service
Notes: ITU callsign: OBHF
General characteristics
Class and type: Carvajal class frigate
Displacement: 2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length: 113.2 m overall
106.00 m waterline
Beam: 11.3 m
Draft: 3.7 m
Propulsion: 2-shaft CODOG system
Range: 4,350 nautical miles (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 199 (22 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Selenia IPN-10 action data automation (CMS)
  • 1 RAN-10S early warning radar
  • 1 RAN-11L/X surface search radar
  • 2 RTN-10X fire control radar
  • 2 RTN-20X fire control radar
  • 1 Decca BridgeMaster II navigation radar
  • EDO 610E(P) hull sonar
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 AB-212ASW helicopter or
1 ASH-3D Sea King (deck only)
Aviation facilities: Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

BAP Montero (FM-53) is the third out of four Carvajal 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. As such, it was the first modern warship built in Peru. In late 2007 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 Montero is named after Rear Admiral Lizardo Montero Flores (1832-1905) who fought in the War of the Pacific.

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[edit] International exercises

  • RIMPAC (Hawaii-USA) 2002.
  • SIFOREX (Peru) 2001, 2003, 2004.
  • UNITAS
    • Phase-0 (Puerto Rico) 1993, 1997.
    • Phase-4 (Peru) 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000.
    • Atlantic Phase 2003 (Argentina).
    • Pacific Phase 2004 (Peru), 2006 (Chile).

[edit] Gallery

[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)

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