View source for PR-72P-class corvette

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{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = BAP Sanchez Carrion Unitas 45-04.jpg
| Ship caption = BAP ''Sánchez Carrión'' (CM-26)
}}{{Infobox ship class overview
| Builders =*Villeneuve-la-Garenne (SFCN)
*Lorient Naval Dockyard
| Operators = {{navy|PER}}
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| Built range =
| In commission range = July 25, 1980
| Total ships building =
| Total ships planned = 6
| Total ships completed = 6
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| Total ships active = 6
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| Ship type = [[Corvette]]
| Ship displacement = 560 tons standard (610 tons full load)
| Ship length = {{convert|64|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|8.35|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship draught =
| Ship draft = {{convert|2.6|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion =
* 4 SACM AGO 240V16 M7 [[diesel engine]]s
*4 shafts, {{convert|17424|shp|MW|abbr=on}} (CM-21,CM-23,CM-25)
* 4 MTU 12V595 [[diesel engine]]s
*4 shafts, {{convert|22000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
*(CM-22,CM-24,CM-26)
| Ship 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)
| Ship range = {{convert|2500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|16|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
| Ship complement = 36 (accommodation for 46)
| Ship sensors =
* [[Thomson-CSF]] THD 1040 Triton air/surface search [[radar]]
* [[Decca radar|Decca]] BridgeMaster E navigation radar
* [[Thomson-CSF]] Vega II [[fire-control system]]
* [[Thomson-CSF]] Castor II [[fire-control radar]]
* CSEE Panda optical director
| Ship EW = * [[Thomson-CSF]] DR-2000 [[Electronic Support Measures|ESM]] system
| Ship armament =
* 4 [[Exocet|Exocet MM-38]] [[Surface-to-surface missile|SSMs]]
* 1 [[Oto Melara|OTO Melara]] [[Otobreda 76 mm|76/62mm Compact]] gun
* 1 [[Oto Melara|OTO Melara]] Twin 40L70 [[DARDO]] compact gun
* 1 MGP-86 mount for [[9K38 Igla|Igla SAM]]
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| Ship notes = classified as guided missile corvette
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The '''PR-72P class''' are a series of [[France|French]]-designed [[corvette]]s 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 [[subcontract]]ed to [[Lorient]] [[Naval Dockyard]]. [[Pennant number]]s were originally P-101 to P-106, but were later modified to CM-21 to CM-26, where CM stands for ''corbeta misilera'', [[Spanish language|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 Friedrichshafen|MTU]] to re-engine three PR-72P-class corvettes. The other units are expected to be similarly modified in the near future.
[[File:US Navy 060821-N-5191L-002 The Peruvian ship BAP Herrera (CM 24) transit under the Bridge of the Americas as it prepares to participate in PANAMAX 2006.jpg|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.
* Sharpe, Richard (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1990 - 91''. Jane's Information Group, 1990.

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