Peruvian Coast Guard


The General Directorate of Captaincies and Coastguards is the maritime authority and the Peruvian Coast Guard, the same one that carries out the control and surveillance work in maritime, fluvial and lacustrine environments, as well as search and rescue tasks. It is attached to the Navy of Peru, and according to law is empowered to exercise the maritime, fluvial and lacustrine police in order to apply and enforce the national regulations and international instruments of which Peru is a party, for ensure the protection and safety of human life in the aquatic environment, the protection of the aquatic environment and its resources, as well as repress illicit activities within its jurisdiction.

Equipment

Currently the Peruvian Coast Guard is composed by seven coastal patrol ships, sixteen port patrol boats, and speedboats for bay control, river patrol boats, river speedboats, lake patrol boats, lake speedboats and motorboats for river interdiction, two Sea King helicopters for SAR operations, a Twin Otter hydroplane as well as a fleet of operational vehicles which strengthens operations by coast police of Coast Guard Captaincies.
Ship classRio CañetePGM 71PGCP-50
Displacement296 t147 t500 t
Dimensions50.9×7.4×1.7 m36.0×6.4×1.8 m55.3×8.5×2.3 m
Propulsion4 Bazan/MTU V8V 16/18 TLS diesels
, 2 shafts		2 GM Detroit Diesel GN-71 diesels
, 2 shafts		2 Caterpillar3516C HD diesels
, 2 shafts
Speed
Range at at at
Crew39 18 25 + 14 Boarding Team
Armament1 x 20mm Oerlikon Mk.10 AA gun
2 x 12.7mm machine guns		1 x 20mm Oerlikon Mk.10 AA gun
2 x 12.7mm machine guns		1 x 30 mm Thypoon
2 x 12.7mm MiniThyponn machine guns
Equipment1 Decca 1226 navigation radar
VHF/UHF SATCOM transceiver		1 Raytheon navigation radar1 Toplite EOS

Ships

Decommissioned ships

VesselOriginBuilderClassDecommissionedNotes
BAP Río Piura ViareggioRío Zarumilla class2010commissioned on September 5, 1960; refitted in 1996.
sunk near Pisco on August 12, 2010

Aircraft