Italian frigate Sagittario (F 565)
![]() Sagittario underway in 1983.
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Name | Sagittario |
Namesake | Sagittario |
Builder | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa |
Laid down | 4 February 1976 |
Launched | 22 June 1977 |
Commissioned | 18 November 1978 |
Decommissioned | 31 October 2005 |
Homeport | La Spezia |
Identification | Pennant number: F 565 |
Motto | Non cohibetur sagitta |
Fate | Sold to Peruvian Navy |
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Name | Quiñones |
Namesake | José Quiñones Gonzales |
Builder | , Riva Trigoso, Genoa |
Commissioned | 23 January 2006 |
Homeport | Callao |
Identification | Pennant number: FM-58 |
Motto | Non cohibetur sagitta |
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 |
Sagittario (F 565) is the second ship of the Lupo-class frigates of the Italian Navy. She was sold to Peruvian Navy in the 2000s. Quiñones (FM-58) is one of eight Carvajal-class frigates of the Peruvian Navy. It is named after José Quiñones Gonzales, a Peruvian pilot who was a hero of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War who sacrificed himself to destroy an enemy position.
Construction and career[]
Italian service[]
The ship initially built for the Italian Navy and was named Sagittario with a pennant of F 565. The ship was laid down on 4 February 1976, was launched on 22 June 1977 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the Italian Navy on 18 November 1977.
On 31 October 2005 Sagittario was decommissioned and transferred to the Navy of Peru.
Peruvian service[]
The Peruvian flag first flew over the ship on 23 January 2006 in La Spezia, Italy while it was being outfitted for Peruvian usage.
For its commissioning process, Quiñones 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 where it arrived on 22 January 2007.
The ship has often performed in multi-national military exercises beside the United States Navy and other regional partners.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Perú anfitrión del gran ejercicio naval multinacional Unitas LVIII-2017-noticia defensa.com - Noticias Defensa defensa.com Perú". Defensa.com (in Spanish). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
External links[]
- Sagittario (F 565) Marina Militare website
- Carvajal-class frigates
- 1977 ships
- Ships built by Fincantieri
- Ships built in Italy