PR-72P-class corvette

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BAP Sánchez Carrión (CM-26)
Class overview
Builders	Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN) Lorient Naval Dockyard
Operators	Peruvian Navy
In commission	July 25, 1980
Planned	6
Completed	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	560 tons standard (610 tons full load)
Length	64 m (210 ft)
Beam	8.35 m (27.4 ft)
Draft	2.6 m (8.5 ft)
Propulsion	4 SACM AGO 240V16 M7 diesel engines 4 shafts, 17,424 shp (12.993 MW) (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25) 4 MTU 12V595 diesel engines 4 shafts, 22,000 shp (16 MW) (CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h) (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25) 32 knots (59 km/h) (CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h)
Complement	36 (accommodation for 46)
Sensors and processing systems	Thomson-CSF THD 1040 Triton air/surface search radar Decca BridgeMaster E navigation radar Thomson-CSF Vega II fire-control system Thomson-CSF Castor II fire-control radar CSEE Panda optical director
Electronic warfare & decoys	Thomson-CSF DR-2000 ESM system
Armament	4 Exocet MM-38 SSMs 1 OTO Melara 76/62mm Compact gun 1 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun 1 MGP-86 mount for Igla SAM
Notes	classified as guided missile corvette

The PR-72P class are a series of French-designed corvettes in service with the Peruvian Navy. Six units were ordered in 1976 by the Peruvian Navy from the Société Française de Construction Navale (SFCN). Subsequently, three of them were built by the company's own Villeneuve-la-Garenne shipyard, and the rest subcontracted to Lorient Naval Dockyard. Pennant numbers were originally P-101 to P-106, but were later modified to CM-21 to CM-26, where CM stands for corbeta misilera, Spanish for guided missile corvette.

In 1998 the Peruvian Navy signed a contract with MTU to re-engine three PR-72P-class corvettes. The other units are expected to be similarly modified in the near future.

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