PR-72P-class corvette
{{no footnotes|date=January 2013}}
| {{Infobox ship begin |sclass=2}}
{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = BAP Sanchez Carrion Unitas 45-04.jpg | Ship caption = BAP Sánchez Carrión (CM-26) }}{{Infobox ship class overview | Builders =*Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN)
| Operators = {{navy|PER}} | Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Built range = | In commission range = July 25, 1980 | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 6 | Total ships completed = 6 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = 6 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships scrapped = | Total ships preserved = }}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | 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 =
| Ship speed =*{{convert|30|kn|km/h|0}}
| Ship range = {{convert|2500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship complement = 36 (accommodation for 46) | Ship sensors =
| Ship EW = * Thomson-CSF DR-2000 ESM system | Ship armament =
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = classified as guided missile corvette }} |
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 |16 February 1979 |10 February 1981 |
| CM-25
|Larrea |12 May 1979 |16 June 1981 |
| CM-26
|Sánchez Carrión |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.
Sources
{{commons category|PR-72P class corvettes}}
- 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.
{{PR-72P class corvettes}}