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.

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	113.2 m (371 ft 5 in) overall 106.0 m (347 ft 9 in) waterline
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft CODOG system 2 GE / Fiat LM2500 gas turbines 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) 2 GMT A230-20 diesel engines 7,800 shp (5,800 kW)
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	8 Otomat Mk 2 SSMs 1 Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide SAM 2 ILAS-3 triple torpedo tubes 1 OTO Melara 127 mm/54 gun 2 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun
Aircraft carried	1 AB-212ASW helicopter or 1 ASH-3D Sea King (deck only)
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.

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.

External links

• Perseo (F 566) Marina Militare website