BAP Montero (FM-53)
 BAP Montero in July 2004 | |
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| Name: | Montero |
| Namesake: | Lizardo Montero Flores |
| Ordered: | 1973 |
| Builder: | SIMA Callao |
| Laid down: | 16 June 1976 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 29 July 1984 |
| Homeport: | Callao |
| Identification: | FM-53 |
| 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 (371 ft) overall 106 m (348 ft) waterline |
| Beam: | 11.3 m (37 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.7 m (12 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft CODOG system
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| 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 |
| Armament: | 8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs 1 Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide SAM |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 AB-212ASW helicopter or 1 ASH-3D Sea King (deck only) |
| Aviation facilities: | Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter |
BAP Montero 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) 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 not be housed in the ship's hangar.
Montero is named after Rear Admiral Lizardo Montero Flores (1832–1905) who fought in the War of the Pacific.
International exercises
- RIMPAC (Hawaii-USA) 2002.
- SIFOREX (Peru) 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007.
- 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), 2007 (Peru).
Gallery
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Unitas 45-04 Perú - BAP Montero (FM-53) in firing run
Sources
- Rodríguez, John, "Las fragatas Lupo: una breve mirada retrospectiva y perspectivas". Revista de Marina, Year 95, No. 3: 8-32 (July / December 2002)
External links
- Navy Newstand RIMPAC - A direct hit by BAP Montero caused the final blow and eventually sank the "hostile" vessel (ex-USS Rathburne)
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