BAP Coronel Bolognesi (1906)
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 Coronel Bolognesi in Valparaiso, Chile
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| Name | Coronel Bolognesi |
| Namesake | Francisco Bolognesi |
| Ordered | 1905 |
| Builder | Vickers Limited, Barrow |
| Laid down | 1905 |
| Launched | 24 September 1906 |
| Commissioned | 1907 |
| Decommissioned | 1958 |
| Fate | Stricken 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 | 4.34 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 |
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BAP Coronel Bolognesi was a scout cruiser of the Peruvian Navy, the lead ship of its class. Along with its sister ship Almirante Grau, Coronel Bolognesi was one of Peru's two most powerful warships for the first half of the twentieth century. The ship was named for Francisco Bolognesi, a hero of the country for his service in the War of the Pacific.
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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 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.