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PERUVIAN NAVY (PERU)

COASTAL FORCES

VELARDE patrol boats (1965)

Velarde 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Velarde, 1975- Río Vitor 21, 1975- 229   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK   10.7.1964 1965 Coast Guard 1975, deleted 1990
Santillana, 1975- Río Içá 22, 1975- 228   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK   24.4.1964 1965 Coast Guard 1975, deleted 1982
De Los Heros, 1975- Río Chicama 23, 1975- 224   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK   18.11.1964 1965 Coast Guard 1975, deleted 1986
Herrera, 1975- Río Pativilca 24, 1975- 225   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK   26.10.1964 1965 Coast Guard 1975, deleted 1995
Larrea, 1975- Río Huaura 25, 1975- 226   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK   18.2.1965 1965 Coast Guard 1975, deleted 1983
Sánchez Carrión, 1975- Río Locumba 26, 1975- 227   Vosper, Portsmouth, UK   18.2.1965 1965 Coast Guard 1975, deleted 1998

 

Displacement standard, t

100

Displacement full, t

130

Length, m

31.5 wl 33.4 oa

Breadth, m

6.40

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Napier-Deltic T38-37 diesels

Power, h. p.

6200

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1100(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

Electronic equipment Decca TM707 radar, sonar

Complement

25

Project history: Designed and built as multi-purpose patrol, rescue, fishery protection vessels, able to carry guns, 4 torpedoes in side-launching racks, twin RL (instead of fwd gun), mines or DCs. Never carried full armament.

Modernizations: 1975, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Naval service: No significant events.

Sánchez Carrión 1971

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