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ALMIRANTE GRAU light cruisers (1942-1943/1959-1960)


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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



Standard scale images


<i>Almirante Grau </i>1963
Almirante Grau 1963


Graphics


<i>Coronel Bolognesi</i>
Coronel Bolognesi


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.