Italian frigate Sagittario (F 565)

Sagittario (F 565) is the second ship of the Lupo-class frigates of the Italian Navy. She was sold to Peruvian Navy in the 2000s. Quiñones (FM-58) is one of eight Carvajal-class frigates of the Peruvian Navy. It is named after José Quiñones Gonzales, a Peruvian pilot who was a hero of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War who sacrificed himself to destroy an enemy position.

Sagittario underway in 1983.
History
Italy
NameSagittario
NamesakeSagittario
BuilderFincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Laid down4 February 1976
Launched22 June 1977
Commissioned18 November 1978
Decommissioned31 October 2005
HomeportLa Spezia
IdentificationPennant number: F 565
MottoNon cohibetur sagitta
FateSold to Peruvian Navy
Peru
NameQuiñones
NamesakeJosé Quiñones Gonzales
BuilderFincatieri, Riva Trigoso, Genoa
Commissioned23 January 2006
HomeportCallao
IdentificationPennant number: FM-58
MottoNon cohibetur sagitta
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeCarvajal-class frigate
Displacement2,206 tonnes (2,525 tonnes full load)
Length
Beam11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draught3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
Range4,350 nmi (8,056 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement199 (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
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter

Construction and career

Italian service

The ship initially built for the Italian Navy and was named Sagittario with a pennant of F 565. The ship was laid down on 4 February 1976, was launched on 22 June 1977 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the Italian Navy on 18 November 1977.

On 31 October 2005 Sagittario was decommissioned and transferred to the Navy of Peru.

Peruvian service

The Peruvian flag first flew over the ship on 23 January 2006 in La Spezia, Italy while it was being outfitted for Peruvian usage.

For its commissioning process, Quiñones 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 where it arrived on 22 January 2007.

The ship has often performed in multi-national military exercises beside the United States Navy and other regional partners.[1]

References

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