BAP Villavicencio (FM-52)

	BAP Villavisencio (FM-52)
History
Peru
Ordered	1973
Builder	Cantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR)
Laid down	April 21, 1976
Launched	February 7, 1978
Commissioned	June 25, 1979
Homeport	Callao
Fate	Active in service
Notes	ITU callsign: OBHG
General characteristics
Class and type	Carvajal class frigate
Displacement	2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length	list error: <br /> list (help); 113.2 m overall; 106.00 m waterline
Beam	11.3 m
Draft	3.7 m
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2-shaft CODOG system; 2 GE / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines 50,000 shp; 2 GMT A230-20 diesel engines 7,800 shp;
Speed	list error: <br /> list (help); 35 knots (65 km/h) with gas turbines; 21 knots (39 km/h) with diesel engines
Range	4,350 nautical miles (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;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Lambda intercept system; 2 SCLAR decoy launchers;
Armament	8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs; 1 Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide SAM; 2 ILAS-3 triple torpedo tubes; 1 OTO Melara 127/54 mm gun; 2 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun;
Aircraft carried	1 AB-212ASW helicopter
Aviation facilities	Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

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BAP Villavisencio (FM-52) is the second out of four Carvajal class frigates ordered by the Peruvian Navy in 1973. It was built by the Italian shipbuilder Cantieri Navali Riuniti at its shipyard in Riva Trigoso, Genoa. Delays in the building of the first ship of the class, BAP Carvajal (FM-51), meant Villavisencio was commissioned first.

The Villavisencio is named after Vice Admiral Manuel Villavisencio (1840–1925) who fought in the War of the Pacific.

Sources

Rodríguez, John, "Las fragatas Lupo: una breve mirada retrospectiva y perspectivas". Revista de Marina, Year 95, No. 3: 8-32 (July / December 2002).