BAP Villavisencio (FM-52)
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 BAP Villavisencio (FM-52) |
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| Career (Peru) |  |
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| Ordered: | 1973 |
| Builder: | Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) |
| Laid down: | April 21, 1976 |
| Launched: | February 7, 1978 |
| Commissioned: | June 25, 1979 |
| Homeport: | Callao |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Notes: | ITU callsign: OBHG |
| 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
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) with gas turbines 21 knots (39 km/h) with diesel engines |
| Range: | 4,350 nautical miles (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 199 (22 officers) |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 AB-212ASW helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter |
BAP Villavisencio (FM-52) is the second out of four Carvajal 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. Delays in the building of the first ship of the class, BAP Carvajal (FM-51), meant Villavisencio was commissioned first.
The Villavisencio is named after Vice Admiral Manuel Villavisencio (1840-1925) 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).
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