Italian frigate Perseo (F 566)

Perseo (F 566) is the third ship of the Lupo-class frigate of the Italian Navy. She was sold to Peruvian Navy in the 2000s.[1]

Perseo underway in 1980s.
History
Italy
Name: Perseo
Namesake: Perseo
Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Laid down: 28 February 1977
Launched: 12 July 1978
Commissioned: 1 March 1980
Decommissioned: 2003
Homeport: La Spezia
Identification: Pennant number: F 566
Motto: Vincera' chi vorrà vincere
Fate: Sold to Peruvian Navy
History
Peru
Name: Coronel Bolognesi
Namesake: Colonel Francisco Bolognesi
Builder: Fincatieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Commissioned: 31 October 2005
Homeport: Callao
Identification: Pennant number: FM-57
Motto: Valiente y Audaz
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Carvajal-class frigate
Displacement: 2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length:
Beam: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught: 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:
Range: 4,350 nmi (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
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities: Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

Coronel Bolognesi (FM-57) is one of eight Carvajal-class frigates of the Peruvian Navy.

Construction and career

Italian service
For other ships with the same name, see Italian ship Perseo.

The ship initially built for the Italian Navy and was named Perseo with a pennant of F 566. The ship was laid down on 28 February 1977, was launched on 12 July 1978 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the Italian Navy on 1 March 1980.[2]

At the beginning of the 1980s the ship took part, in September 1982, in the ITALCON mission for peace operations in Lebanon, as part of the UN mission UNIFIL. At the end of the decade the ship was then engaged in the Persian Gulf, during the Iran-Iraq conflict. Sailing in hostile waters are very dangerous and the Italian motor ship Jolly Rubino, attacked by the Iranian, this prompted the Navy to send a contingent to the area, made up of frigates, logistic units and minesweepers engaged in escort operations on the ship merchant and landmine clearance.

In 2003, Perseo was decommissioned and transferred to the Navy of Peru.

Peruvian service
For other ships with the same name, see BAP Coronel Bolognesi.

She was commissioned on 31 October 2005. 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
  1. "Artigliere Class Light Frigates - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  2. "Lupo class Frigate Italian Navy Marina Militare Italiana". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
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