BAP Quiñones (FM-58)

	BAP Quiñones in November 2012
History
Peru
Name:	Quiñones
Namesake:	José Quiñones Gonzales
Builder:	Fincatieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Laid down:	4 February 1976
Launched:	22 June 1977
Commissioned:	Italy: 18 November 1978 Peru: 23 January 2006
Homeport:	Callao
Identification:	FM-58
Status:	Active in service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Carvajal-class frigate
Displacement:	2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length:	113.2 m (371 ft 5 in) overall; 106.0 m (347 ft 9 in) waterline;
Beam:	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught:	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	2-shaft CODOG system; 2 GE / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines 50,000 shp (37,000 kW); 2 GMT A230-20 diesel engines 7,800 shp (5,800 kW);
Range:	4,350 nmi (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	199 (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:	8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs; 1 Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide SAM; 2 ILAS-3 triple torpedo tubes; 1 OTO Melara 127 mm/54 gun; 2 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun;
Aircraft carried:	1 AB-212ASW helicopter or; 1 ASH-3D Sea King (deck only);
Aviation facilities:	Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

BAP Quiñones (FM-58) is one of eight Carvajal-class frigates of the Peruvian Navy. It is named after José Quiñones Gonzales, a Peruvian pilot who was a hero of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War who sacrificed himself to destroy an enemy position.

History

Italian service

The ship initially built for the Italian Navy and was named Sagittario with a pennant of F 565. The ship was laid down on 4 February 1976, was launched on 22 June 1977 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the Italian Navy on 18 November 1977.

On 31 October 2005 Sagittario was decommissioned and transferred to the Navy of Peru.

Peruvian service

The Peruvian flag first flew over the ship on 23 January 2006 in La Spezia, Italy while it was being outfitted for Peruvian usage.

For its commissioning process, Quiñones 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 where it arrived on 22 January 2007.

The ship has often performed in multi-national military exercises beside the United States Navy and other regional partners.[1]

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References

"Perú anfitrión del gran ejercicio naval multinacional Unitas LVIII-2017-noticia defensa.com - Noticias Defensa defensa.com Perú". Defensa.com (in Spanish). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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[1] "Perú anfitrión del gran ejercicio naval multinacional Unitas LVIII-2017-noticia defensa.com - Noticias Defensa defensa.com Perú". Defensa.com (in Spanish). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2018.