PR-72P-class corvette

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| Ship image = BAP Sanchez Carrion Unitas 45-04.jpg

| Ship caption = BAP Sánchez Carrión (CM-26)

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| Builders =*Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN)

  • Lorient Naval Dockyard

| Operators = {{navy|PER}}

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| In commission range = July 25, 1980

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| Total ships planned = 6

| Total ships completed = 6

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| Total ships active = 6

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| Ship type = Corvette

| Ship displacement = 560 tons standard (610 tons full load)

| Ship length = {{convert|64|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|8.35|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship draught =

| Ship draft = {{convert|2.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| Ship propulsion =

  • 4 SACM AGO 240V16 M7 diesel engines
  • 4 shafts, {{convert|17424|shp|MW|abbr=on}} (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25)
  • 4 MTU 12V595 diesel engines
  • 4 shafts, {{convert|22000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
  • (CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)

| Ship speed =*{{convert|30|kn|km/h|0}}

  • (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25)
  • {{convert|32|kn|km/h|0}}
  • (CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)

| Ship range = {{convert|2500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

| Ship complement = 36 (accommodation for 46)

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| Ship EW = * Thomson-CSF DR-2000 ESM system

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| Ship notes = classified as guided missile corvette

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The PR-72P class are a series of French-designed corvettes 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-la-Garenne 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.

Ships

class="wikitable"
Pennant number

! Name

! Builder

! Launched

! Commissioned

CM-21

| Velarde

| Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN)

| 16 September 1978

| 25 July 1980

CM-22

| Santillana

| Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN)

| 11 September 1978

| 25 July 1980

CM-23

|De los Heros

|Villeneuve-la-Garenne (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.

File:US Navy 060821-N-5191L-002 The Peruvian ship BAP Herrera (CM 24) transit under the Bridge of the Americas as it prepares to participate in PANAMAX 2006.jpg

Sources

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  • 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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Category:Corvette classes