Italian frigate Perseo

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Perseo underway in 1980s.
History
Naval Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
NamePerseo
Namesake Perseo
Builder Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Laid down28 February 1977
Launched12 July 1978
Commissioned1 March 1980
Decommissioned2003
Homeport La Spezia
Identification Pennant number: F 566
MottoVincera' chi vorrà vincere
FateSold to Peruvian Navy
Flag of the Peruvian Navy.svgPeru
NameCoronel Bolognesi
Namesake Colonel Francisco Bolognesi
Builder Fincatieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Commissioned31 October 2005
Homeport Callao
Identification Pennant number: FM-57
MottoValiente y Audaz
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Carvajal-class frigate
Displacement2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length
Beam11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
Range4,350  nmi (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement199 (22 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Selenia IPN-10 action data automation (CMS)
  • 1 RAN-10S early warning radar
  • 1 RAN-11L/X surface search radar
  • 2 RTN-10X fire control radar
  • 2 RTN-20X fire control radar
  • 1 Decca BridgeMaster II navigation radar
  • EDO 610E(P) hull sonar
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

Perseo (F 566) is the third ship of the Lupo-class frigate of the Italian Navy. She was sold to Peruvian Navy in the 2000s. [1]

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Coronel Bolognesi (FM-57) is one of eight Carvajal-class frigates of the Peruvian Navy.

Construction and career

Italian service

The ship initially built for the Italian Navy and was named Perseo with a pennant of F 566. The ship was laid down on 28 February 1977, was launched on 12 July 1978 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the Italian Navy on 1 March 1980. [2]

At the beginning of the 1980s the ship took part, in September 1982, in the ITALCON mission for peace operations in Lebanon, as part of the UN mission UNIFIL. At the end of the decade the ship was then engaged in the Persian Gulf, during the Iran-Iraq conflict. Sailing in hostile waters are very dangerous and the Italian motor ship Jolly Rubino, attacked by the Iranian, this prompted the Navy to send a contingent to the area, made up of frigates, logistic units and minesweepers engaged in escort operations on the ship merchant and landmine clearance.

In 2003, Perseo was decommissioned and transferred to the Navy of Peru.

Peruvian service

She was commissioned on 31 October 2005. For its commissioning process, Coronel Bolognesi sailed from the port of La Spezia in the Mediterranean Sea, across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Pacific Ocean via the Panama Canal, and south to its base in Callao.

On 30 September 2021, Bolognesi successfully test fired the Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missile for the first time since its introduction to Peruvian Navy in 2016. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Artigliere Class Light Frigates - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. ↑ "Lupo class Frigate Italian Navy Marina Militare Italiana". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ↑ Tantalean, Cesar Cruz. "Peruvian Navy successfully test-fires Exocet Block 3 missiles for the first time". Janes. Janes. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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