{{Short description|1980 class of Peruvian Navy corvettes}} {{no footnotes|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox ship |sclass=2 |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = BAP Sanchez Carrion Unitas 45-04.jpg | image_caption = BAP ''Sánchez Carrión'' (CM-26) }}

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|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = Corvette | displacement = 560 tons standard (610 tons full load) | length = {{convert|64|m|ft|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|8.35|m|ft|abbr=on}} | draught = | draft = {{convert|2.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} | propulsion = * 4 SACM AGO 240V16 M7 diesel engines *4 shafts, {{convert|17424|shp|MW|abbr=on}} (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25) * 4 MTU 12V595 diesel engines *4 shafts, {{convert|22000|shp|MW|abbr=on}} *(CM-22,CM-24,CM-26) | speed =*{{convert|30|kn|km/h|0}} *(CM-21,CM-23,CM-25) *{{convert|32|kn|km/h|0}} *(CM-22,CM-24,CM-26) | range = {{convert|2500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | complement = 36 (accommodation for 46) | sensors = * 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 | EW = * 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 | armour = | armor = | aircraft = | aircraft_facilities = | 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.

==Ships== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Pennant number ! Name ! Builder ! Launched ! Commissioned |- |CM-21 | ''Velarde'' | Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN) | 16 September 1978 | 25 July 1980 |- |CM-22 | ''Santillana'' | Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN) | 11 September 1978 | 25 July 1980 |- |CM-23 |''De los Heros'' |Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN) | 20 May 1979 | 17 November 1980 |- |CM-24 |''Herrera'' |Lorient Naval Dockyard |16 February 1979 |10 February 1981 |- |CM-25 |''Larrea'' |Lorient Naval Dockyard |12 May 1979 |16 June 1981 |- |CM-26 |''Sánchez Carrión'' |Lorient Naval Dockyard |28 June 1979 |14 September 1981 |}

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. thumb|none|300px|BAP ''Herrera'' (CM-24) during PANAMAX 2006

==Sources== {{commons category|PR-72P class corvettes}} * Baker III, Arthur D., ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003''. Naval Institute Press, 2002. *{{cite book |last1=Scheina |first1=Robert L. |last2=Smigelski |first2=Adam |editor1-last=Chumbley |editor1-first=Stephen |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947–1995 |date=1995 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=1-55750-132-7 |edition=revised |chapter=Peru|name-list-style=amp|pages=303–307}} * Sharpe, Richard (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1990 - 91''. Jane's Information Group, 1990.

{{PR-72P class corvettes}}

Category:Corvette classes Category:PR-72P-class corvettes<!-- designed and built --> Category:Cold War corvettes of Peru<!-- operated --> Category:Corvettes of Peru