Lupo Class Frigate - Peruvian Navy

Peruvian Navy

Peru became involved early in the Lupo class frigate program, ordering four ships in 1973. The Peruvian ships were built to a modified design which included different radars, Aspide instead of Sea Sparrow SAMs and a fixed instead of a telescopic hangar. The first two were built by CNR at its shipyard in Riva Trigoso, Genoa, and commissioned in 1979.

Construction work for the second pair was carried out under license by SIMA (Servicio Industrial de la Marina, Navy Industrial Service) at Callao, with the ships commissioning in 1984 and 1987. Of the Peruvian Lupos, BAP Carvajal (FM-51), BAP Mariátegui (FM-54), BAP Villavicencio (FM-52) and BAP Montero (FM-53) have had their flight decks extended to allow ASH-3D Sea King helicopters to land and refuel, even though they cannot be housed in the ship's hangar.

In November 2004 other "Lupo" class were incorpored into the Peruvian Navy: BAP Aguirre (FM-55) and BAP Palacios (FM-56). Finally in August 2006 the last Italian "Lupo" ships arrived in Callao: BAP Quiñones (FM-58) and BAP Bolognesi (FM-57)