BAP Ferré (DM-74)
 BAP Ferré in 1974 | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Decoy |
| Builder: | Yarrow and Co. Ltd, Glasgow |
| Laid down: | 22 September 1946 |
| Launched: | 29 March 1949 |
| Commissioned: | 28 April 1953 |
| Identification: | D106 |
| Fate: | Sold to Peruvian Navy in 1969 |
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| Name: | Ferré |
| Acquired: | 1969 |
| Commissioned: | April, 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | 13 July 2007 |
| Homeport: | Callao |
| Identification: | DM-74 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Daring-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 121.6 m (399 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.1 m (43 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 186 (18 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | F0417-501 intercept |
| Armament: |
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| Aviation facilities: | Landing deck for 1 medium helicopter |
BAP Ferré (DM-74) was a Daring-class destroyer in service with the Peruvian Navy from 1973 to 2007. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders and completed for the Royal Navy in 1953 as HMS Decoy (D106).
Royal Navy service
Within weeks of being first commissioned Decoy took part in the Fleet Review at Spithead to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.[1] In 1956 she formed part of the Royal Navy's force used during the Suez Operation. On 4 September 1957, she was run aground at Portland Harbour, Dorset, due to failure of her steering gear.[2] During 1961 and 1962 the destroyer undertook trials for the Royal Navy's new Sea Cat missile system, being fitted with a single quadruple launcher on the port rear side, which was removed at the end of the trials.
Following a refit at Devonport Dockyard, Decoy recommissioned on 9 April 1963 and joined the 21st Escort Squadron with Berwick, Dido, Corunna and Cavendish.[3]
By 1966 she was in reserve and completed a long refit in Portsmouth Dockyard and recommissioned again on 15 August 1967 for a general service commission, which included the West Indies and the Far East. Before sailing she attended Portsmouth Navy Days in that year.[4] In 1968 she escorted a Hong Kong ship to Gibraltar at Masters request after unrest.[5]
Commanding officers (Royal Navy)
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1953 | Captain R H Maurice DSO DSC RN |
| 1956 | 1957 | Captain Peter Hill-Norton RN |
| 1957 | 1957 | Captain F P Baker DSC RN |
| 1960 | 1960 | Captain E F Hamilton-Meikle MBE RN |
| 1963 | 1963 | Commander J K Stevens RN |
| 1966 | 1966 | In reserve |
| 1967 | 1967 | Commander J R Symonds-Tayler RN |
| 1967 | 1969 | Commander J J Black RN |
Peruvian Navy service
After being decommissioned she was sold to Peru in 1969 together with her sister ship Diana. She was renamed after Diego Ferré, a war hero who died at the Battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific.
Prior to entering service with the Peruvian Navy she underwent a major refit by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead between 1970 and 1973. Work done during this refit included the following:
- Rebuilding of the foremast for installation of the Plessey AWS-1 air-search radar
- Installation of eight Exocet MM-38 SSMs in place of the Close Range Blind Fire Director forward of X turret
After the rebuild was done, Ferré was commissioned into the Peruvian Navy on April 1973. Further work was done on the ship by SIMA dockyards in Callao as follows:
- In 1975-76 the Squid ASW mortar was removed and a helicopter landing deck fitted
- In 1977-1978 two OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun mountings were installed as was the AESN NA-10 gun fire-control system and an AESN RTN-10X fire-control radar
Ferré tested her Exocet system against BAP Villar (ex-USS Benham) after Villar had been decommissioned from Peruvian service.[6]
After serving in two navies for 54 years, Ferré was decommissioned on 13 July 2007.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
- ↑ "Destroyer Aground In Harbour" The Times (London). Thursday, 5 September 1957. (53938), col F, p. 2.
- ↑ Leaflet, 1963. HMS Decoy, 21st Escort Squadron, HMSO
- ↑ Programme, Navy Days Portsmouth, 26th-28th August 1967, HMSO, p19.
- ↑ http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Ops-Events1961-70.htm
- ↑
- ↑ Supreme Decree No. 014-2007-DE/MGP PDF (1.33 MiB). 13 July 2007.
References
- Baker III, Arthur D., The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003. Naval Institute Press, 2002.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Marriott, Leo, Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allen Ltd, 1989. ISBN 0 7110 1817 0
- McCart, Neil, Daring Class Destroyers. Fan Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-1-904459-33-0
- Sharpe, Richard (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1990 - 91. Jane's Information Group, 1990.
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