PR-72P class corvette
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 BAP Sánchez Carrión (CM-26) |
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Villeneuve-de-Garonne (SFCN) Lorient Naval Dockyard |
| Operators: |  Peruvian Navy |
| In commission: | 1980-07-25 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Active: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 560 tons standard (610 tons full load) |
| Length: | 64,0 m |
| Beam: | 8,35 m |
| Draft: | 2,60 m |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25) 32 knots (59 km/h) (CM-22,CM-24,CM-26) |
| Range: | 2,500 nm at 16 knots |
| Complement: | 36 (accommodation for 46) |
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PR-72P class corvettes are French-designed warships in service with the Peruvian Navy. Six units were ordered in 1976 by the Peruvian Navy from the Société Française de Construction Navale (SFCN). Subsequently, three of them were built by the company's own Villeneuve-de-Garonne shipyard, and the rest subcontracted to Lorient Naval Dockyard. Pennant numbers were originally P-101 to P-106, but were later modified to CM-21 to CM-26, where CM stands for corbeta misilera, Spanish for guided missile corvette.
[edit] Ships
| Pennant number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned |
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| CM-21 | Velarde | Villeneuve-de-Garonne (SFCN) | 16 September 1978 | 25 July 1980 |
| CM-22 | Santillana | Villeneuve-de-Garonne (SFCN) | 11 September 1978 | 25 July 1980 |
| CM-23 | De los Heros | Villeneuve-de-Garonne (SFCN) | 20 May 1979 | 17 November 1980 |
| CM-24 | Herrera | Lorient Naval Dockyard | 16 February 1979 | 10 February 1981 |
| CM-25 | Larrea | Lorient Naval Dockyard | 12 May 1979 | 16 June 1981 |
| CM-26 | Sánchez Carrión | Lorient Naval Dockyard | 28 June 1979 | 14 September 1981 |
In 1998 the Peruvian Navy signed a contract with MTU to re-engine three PR-72P class corvettes. The other units are expected to be similarly modified in the near future.
[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.
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