Italian frigate Orsa (F 567)
![]() Aguirre underway in Jacksonville on 4 May 2009.
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Name | Orsa |
Namesake | Orsa |
Builder | Cantiere navale del Muggiano, Muggiano |
Laid down | 1 August 1977 |
Launched | 1 March 1979 |
Commissioned | 1 March 1980 |
Decommissioned | 2003 |
Homeport | La Spezia |
Identification | Pennant number: F 567 |
Motto | Fortitude Fortior |
Fate | Sold to Peruvian Navy |
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Name | Aguirre |
Commissioned | 3 November 2004 |
Homeport | Callao |
Identification | Pennant number: FM-55 |
Status | Active |
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Class and type | Carvajal-class frigate |
Displacement | 2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load) |
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Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
Draught | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Range | 4,350 nmi (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 199 (22 officers) |
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Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter |
Orsa (F 567) is the fourth ship of the Lupo-class frigate of the Italian Navy. She was sold to Peruvian Navy in the 2000s.[1]
Aguirre (FM-55) is one of eight Carvajal-class frigates of the Peruvian Navy.
Construction and career[]
Italian service[]
The ship initially built for the Italian Navy and was named Perseo with a pennant of F 566. The ship was laid down on 1 August 1977, was launched on 1 March 1979 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the Italian Navy on 1 March 1980.[2]
Peruvian service[]
She was commissioned on 3 November 2004 . For its commissioning process, Coronel Bolognesi 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.
References[]
- ^ "Artigliere Class Light Frigates - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- ^ "Lupo class Frigate Italian Navy Marina Militare Italiana". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
External links[]
- Orsa (F 567) Marina Militare website
Categories:
- Carvajal-class frigates
- 1979 ships
- Ships built in Italy
- Frigates of the Cold War