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Coronel Bolognesi

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Almirante Grau (ex-Newfoundland), 5.1973- Capitán Quiñones	81, 5.1973- 83		Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	9.11.1939	19.12.1941	20.1.1943 // 19.12.1959	discarded 5.1980
Coronel Bolognesi (ex-Ceylon)	82		A. Stephens, Linthouse, UK	27.4.1939	30.7.1942	13.7.1943 // 9.2.1960	discarded 5.1982

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	8530
Displacement full, t	11090
Length, m	164.0 pp 169.3 oa
Breadth, m	18.9
Draught, m	6.32
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 sets Parsons steam geared turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	72500
Max speed, kts	31.5
Fuel, t	oil 1613 - 1700
Endurance, nm(kts)	10100(12)
Armour, mm	belt: 89 - 83, bulkheads: 51 - 38, turrets: 51 - 25, barbettes: up to 25,  deck: 51 - 32
Armament	CL81: 3 x 3 - 152/50 Mk 22, 4 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 5 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7 CL82: 3 x 3 - 152/50 Mk 22, 4 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 5 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 8 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7
Electronic equipment	type 960, type 274, type 277, type 293, Mk 63 radars
Complement	730

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Project history

These two 'Crown Colony' class cruisers were transferred to Peru after refits. Two lattice masts, a new bridge, and improved AA were fitted, torpedo tubes were removed. Almirante Grau was fitted wan two lattice while Coronel Bolognesi was fitted with one lattice and one tripod masts.

Protection

Armoured belt extended from "A" to "Y" barbettes and to upper deck abreast boiler rooms and fore engine room and to main deck abreast aft engine room, CCC and magazines. Its thickness was 89 mm abreast magazines and 83 mm abreast machinery. Belt was closed by 51 - 38-mm bulkheads. Armoured deck was 51-mm thick (32-mm with 38-mm slopes over steering gear). Transom stern was 38-mm thick.

Modernizations

1963, both: + helicopter pad for Bell 47G

Naval service

No significant events.