List of Peruvian Navy ships


List of ships of the Peruvian Navy comprising almost every Peruvian warship commissioned after 1840.

Vessels acquired in the 1840s and 1850s

President Castilla sought to expand and well-equip the Peruvian Navy. His naval policy was to if Chile constructed one ship, he should construct two, and he went on to turn the Peruvian Navy into the most powerful of South America. He acquired the frigates "Mercedes", "Guisse", "Gamarra", "Amazonas", and "Apurimac" as well as the Schooners "Tumbes" and "Loa". He also built the naval ports of Paita and Bellavista. Castilla also acquired the first steam-powered warship of any South American country and named it the "Rimac". To better educate the officers of these new ships, he sent them to study with the various navies of European nations. For the defense of the Amazonia, Castilla began to develop an Amazonian fleet with the purchase of the ships, "Morona", "Pastaza", "Napo", and "Putumayo",

Major warships

Ironclads

ex-US Canonicus class monitors 2,100 tons.
Lima class cruisers, 1,700 tons.
Republica class Herreshoff spar torpedo boats.
Yavari and Yapura cargo-passenger gunboats, 500 GRT. Both vessels were built in parts in England in 1862 and assembled in Puno on Lake Titicaca.

Cruisers

Almirante Grau class 3200 tons
  • BAP Almirante Grau Completed 1907. Refitted at Balboa, boilers re-tubed and modified for oil burning 1923–25, re-boilered by Yarrow 1934–35 after which was good for 23.5 knots. Served as depot ships in the 1950s and used for administrative and training purposes. Stricken 24 December 1958.
  • BAP Coronel Bolognesi Completed 1907. Refitted at Balboa, boilers re-tubed and modified for oil burning 1923–25, re-boilered by Yarrow 1934–35 after which was good for 23.5 knots. Served as depot ships in the 1950s and used for administrative and training purposes. Stricken 24 December 1958.
Crown Colony class, 11,090–11,110 tons full load.
  • BAP Coronel Bolognesi CL-82 ex-HMS Ceylon Transferred to the Peruvian Navy 9 February 1960. Unlike her sister, Bolognesi had a lattice foremast and had an aft tripod mast, and radar fire control for its 4-in AA guns. Discarded May 1982.
  • BAP Almirante Grau CL-81 ex- Incorporated into the Peruvian Navy 19 December 1959, and formally transferred 30 December 1959. Unlike her sister, Grau had two lattice masts. Renamed Capitán Quiñones 1973, and probably given pennant number CL-83 at the same time. Discarded 1979.
De Ruyter class
French Chasseur class 490 tons
ex-Russian ex-Estonian Iziaslav class
ex-Russian ex-Estonian Orfei class
ex-US Fletcher class
ex-British Daring class, 3,600 tons full load.
Holland class, 2,765 tons full load.
ex-Dutch Friesland class, 3,070 tons full load.
ex-US Cannon class destroyer escorts, 1,900 tons full load.
ex-US Tacoma class, 2,415 tons full load.
ex-Canadian River class 2,360 tons full load.
Carvajal class, 2,500 tons full load.
ex-Italian Lupo class, 2,500 tons full load.
PR-72P class, 560 tons full load.
Ferré class Laubeuf-type 300/400 tons.
  • Ferré Stricken 1919.
  • Palacios Stricken 1919.
R class 576/682 tons.
Abtao class , initially known as the Lobo class, modified US Mackerel class, 825 tons standard, 1,400 tons submerged.
Guppy 1A class
Type 209/1100 class
Type 209/1200 class
America class Amazon river gunboat, 240 tons, with 2 x 3pdr.
  • America Still exists today, moored in Iquitos as part of the Museum of Historic Boats – named after America Nunez Flores de Millan.
Napo class Amazon river gunboat, 98 tons.
Loreto class 250 tons.
  • BAP Loreto CF-404, ex-CF-12.
  • BAP Amazonas CF-403 ex-CF-11.
Marañón class 365 tons.
Clavero class

Amphibious warfare vessels

Ex-US LST 1–510 class landing ships, 3,640 tons full load.
Ex-US LST 511–1152 class landing ships, 4,080 tons full load.
ex-US LSM type medium landing ships, 913 tons full load.
ex-US Terrebonne Parish class landing ships, 5,800 tons full load.
Pariñas class Thornycroft type oiler, 2820 GRT
  • Pariñas ex-Sjömand, scrapped 1961.
Cabo Blanco class fleet supply ship and oiler.
Organos class Canadian type oiler.
  • ex-Olaya scrapped 1961.
Talara-class oiler, 7,000 tons.
Sechura-class support oilers 8,700 tons full load.
  • Sechura ATP-54 laid down 1952, completed 1955, commissioned 1956. Out of service some time before 1978.
  • Zorritos ATP-159 ex-ATP-58, laid down 1955, commissioned 1959.
  • Lobitos ATP-158 commissioned 1966. Out of service before 1997.
Mollendo-class oiler, 25,670 full load.
  • Mollendo ATP-151 purchased 1967, by 1978 was in reserve.
Parinas-class oiler, 13,600 tons full load.
  • Parinas ATP-155
  • Pimental ATP-156
Talara-class oiler, 30,000 tons full load.
  • BAP Talara ATP-152
  • BAP Bayovar ATP-??? Laid down 9 July 1976, launched 18 July 1977; originally ordered by the state oil company Petroperu, and transferred to the Navy whilst building. Sold back to Petroperu in 1979 and renamed Pavayacu.
Bayovar-class freighting tanker, 107,320 tons full load.
  • BAP Bayovar ATP-150 ex-m/s Loreto II, ex-m/s St Vincent. Purchased by Peruvian Navy from Peruvian civil company 1986.
ex-US Sealift-class transport oilers, 33,000 full load.
  • BAP Lobitos ATP-153 ex-USNS Sealift Caribbean Transferred to the Peruvian Navy 18 May 1997.
ex-Russian tankers', Grigoriy Nesterenko type transport oilers, 28,610 tonnes dwt.
Rimac class 6,848 GRT.
  • Rimac ex-Eten, ex-Rhakotis, scrapped 1960.
Callao class 7,790 tons full load.
Ilo class 8,385 tons full load.
  • Ilo ATC-33 acquired 1959, ex-m/s Norlindo, 1962 photo showed '133' painted as pennant number.
ex-US AKA type attack cargo-ship, 14,225 tons full load.
  • Independencia ex-USS Beatrix AKA-3, ex-Raven AKA-20, transferred to Peru February 1963 under military aid programme. In the 1970s it was used as a training ship for midshipmen.
Mollendo class 18.400 tons full load.
ex-US ??? class, 132 tons.
ex-US Apache class fleet ocean tug, 1,675 tons full load.
ex-US ??? class wooden tugs, 852 tons.
ex-US Maricopa class auxiliary ocean tug, 853 tons full load.
Selendon class, 80 GRT.
  • Selendon ARB-129 commissioned 1967.
  • Olaya ARB-128 commissioned 1967.
Contraestre Navarro class river tug, 50 tons.
Seven harbour tugs were in service in 1992:
ex-US YW/YO type 1,235 tons full load.
Amazon flotilla water barges acquired in 1972, 300 tons standard load, capacity 800 tons water.
San Lorenzo class, 65 tons full load.
ex-Dutch Carrasco class survey ships, 343 tons
ex-Dutch van Straelen class former inshore minesweepers converted to survey ship role, 169 tons full load.
Stiglich class survey ships, 220 tons.
AEH-173 class inshore survey ship, 23 tons.
AEH-174 class inshore survey ship, 30 tons.