BAP Almirante Grau (1906)
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.jpg) Almirante Grau during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941
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| History | |
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| 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 |
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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.
References
- 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.