BAP Almirante Grau (1906)

BAP Almirante Grau was a scout cruiser of the Peruvian Navy, the lead ship of its class. Along with its sister ship Coronel Bolognesi, Almirante Grau was one of Peru's two most powerful warships for the first half of the twentieth century. The ship was named for Miguel Grau Seminario, naval hero of the country.

Almirante Grau during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941
History
Peru
Name:	Almirante Grau
Namesake:	Miguel Grau Seminario
Ordered:	1905
Builder:	Vickers Limited, Barrow
Laid down:	1905
Launched:	1906
Commissioned:	1907
Decommissioned:	1958
General characteristics (As built)
Type:	Scout cruiser
Displacement:	3,100 long tons (3,150 t) Normal
Length:	115.82 m (380 ft) oa
Beam:	12.34 m (40 ft 6 in)
Draught:	4.3 m (14 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	14,000 ihp (10,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range:	3,276 nmi (6,067 km; 3,770 mi) at 10 km (6.2 mi)
Complement:	320
Armament:	2 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 8 × 14-pounder (76 mm) guns 8 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Deck: 38 mm (1 ^1⁄2 in) Conning tower: 76 mm (3 in) Gun shields:76 mm (3 in)

References

• Fisher, Edward C., Jr. (1975). "50 Years of Service: The Story of Peru's Coronel Bolognesi and Almirante Grau". Warship International. XII (4): 319–330. ISSN 0043-0374.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 409–410. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.