Italian frigate Sagittario (F 565)

Sagittario (F 565) is the second ship of the Lupo-class frigate of the Italian Navy. She was sold to Peruvian Navy in the 2000s.

Sagittario underway in 1983.
History
Italy
Name: Sagittario
Namesake: Sagittario
Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Laid down: 4 February 1976
Launched: 22 June 1977
Commissioned: 18 November 1978
Decommissioned: 31 October 2005
Homeport: La Spezia
Identification: Pennant number: F 565
Motto: Non cohibetur sagitta
Fate: Sold to Peruvian Navy
History
Peru
Name: Quiñones
Namesake: José Quiñones Gonzales
Builder: Fincatieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Commissioned: 23 January 2006
Homeport: Callao
Identification: Pennant number: FM-58
Motto: Non cohibetur sagitta
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Carvajal-class frigate
Displacement: 2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length:
Beam: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:
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:
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities: Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

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.

Construction and career

Italian service
For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Sagittario.

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
For other ships with the same name, see BAP Quiñones.

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]

References
  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.
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