PERU fishing with guts to report…
It comes in Ilo new Peruvian Navy Ship (BAP) Tacna. It is a multipurpose vessel built in the shipyards Merweide, Hardinxveld and Royal Schelde (Netherlands) 1992-95.
Being a multipurpose vessel, is trained to perform interdiction efforts in the fight against smuggling and drug trafficking, and also to resupply craft surface of the Navy, you would not need to touch Ports.
At the time of its launch, the boat was christened HNLMS Amsterdam (A-386) and entered service in the Royal Netherlands Navy on 2 September 1995, being acquired by the Navy of Peru in June 2014. On 4 December at the Naval Base in Den Helder (Netherlands), which affirmed the National Flag Ship performed.
SUPPORT. The B.A.P. Tacna comply own military life tasks, increasing retention capabilities of the units of the Fleet in the areas of operations. Also subtract civil logistical support during natural disasters due to its capacity of fuel, diesel and aviation, water, dry goods and refrigerated. To this is added that features a floating nursing and ability to perform medical evacuations.
WEAPONS. The armament of B.A.P. Tacna is composed of two machine guns Browning M-2HB of 12.7 mm and a CWIS SGE-30 Goalkeeper of 30 mm. It is a struggle missile system-based on the GAU-8 Avenger- that weighs 800 kilos 6000, capacity of all 360 degrees and work in automatic mode.
The rate of fire, ie the number of munitions that could trigger is 4000 200 rounds per minute, with a tank that houses 190 thousand ammunition ready to fire. Its range of effective lethality is 200 to 3000 meters, with a capacity of 75 rounds estimated shot per second.
FOR PEACE. The ship acquired by Peru has a length of 166 meters in length, a width of 22 meters wide and a depth of 8 meters depth -that, how many meters of its hull are submerged under water. An estimated displacement at full load is about 17 thousand tons.
The propulsion borne by two diesel engines Bazan-Burmeister & Wain 24,000 horsepower, giving it a speed of 22 knots or 40 mph. The range at 20 knots is 13 000 440 nautical miles. The crew is 160 men. It can carry 6000 815 tons of diesel fuel and 660 thousand tons of aviation fuel and 290 tons of cargo.
ELECTRONIC. As for the mail Link equipment has surface surveillance radar, ESM Ferranti AWARE-4 and chaff launchers SRBOC MK-36 as attack countermeasures systems. It has, in addition, a large flight deck and hangar able to accommodate three helicopters Agusta-Bell 412SP or a pair of SH-3D Sea King as the Naval Aviación operates today.
The shield of the ship is a lion facing right, flown by a cóndor under the slogan  "Serving the PatriaÂ".
SOURCE: Diariocorreo.pe
