BAP Villavisencio (FM-52)
_underway_in_June_2014.JPG) BAP Villavisencio in June 2014 | |
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| Name: | Villavisencio |
| Namesake: | Manuel Villavisencio |
| Ordered: | 1973 |
| Builder: | Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR) |
| Laid down: | 21 April 1976 |
| Launched: | 7 February 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 25 June 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 (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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| 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) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Selenia IPN-10 action data automation (CMS) 1 RAN-10S early warning radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Lambda intercept system 2 SCLAR decoy launchers |
| Armament: | 8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs 1 Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide SAM |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 AB-212ASW helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter |
BAP Villavisencio 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, meant Villavisencio was commissioned first on 25 June 1979 with the pennant number FM-52.
Villavisencio is named after Vice Admiral Manuel Villavisencio (1840–1925) who fought in the War of the Pacific.
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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