BAP Río Chira (PC 12)
Appearance
![]() BAP Rio Chira undergoing navigation tests, December 2013
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History | |
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Name | BAP Rio Chira |
Builder | SIMA Callao |
Commissioned | 30 June 1972 |
Decommissioned | 1994 |
Recommissioned | 1997 |
Reclassified | PM-223, 1975 |
Status | Active as of 2019 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | PGM-39-class gunboat |
Displacement | 118 tons |
Length | 101 ft (31 m) |
Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Draft | 6.8–9 ft (2.1–2.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Complement | 17 |
Armament |
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BAP Río Chira (PC 12) is a motor gunboat in the Peruvian Coast Guard. She was built under American influence at SIMA Callao Shipyard and laid down initially as PGM-111. She was transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard in 1975 and reclassified PM-223.
References
[edit]- Radigan, Joseph M. (2006). "Motor Gunboat (PGM) Index". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-10.