BAP Ferré on 15 July 2016
History
South Korea
Name	Gyeongju (경주)
Namesake	Gyeongju
Builder	Hyundai, Ulsan
Launched	8 June 1984
Commissioned	1 May 1985
Decommissioned	30 December 2014
Identification	Pennant number: PCC-758
Fate	Transferred to Peruvian Coast Guard
Peru
Name	Ferré
Namesake	Diego Ferré
Operator	Peruvian Navy
Acquired	15 July 2016
Commissioned	15 July 2016
Reclassified	CM-27
Homeport	Callao
Identification	Pennant number: PM-211, CM-27
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Pohang-class corvette
Displacement	1,220 tons
Length	289.7 ft (88 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	2.9 ft (0.88 m)
Installed power	2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement: 2 × MTU 12V956 TB82 diesel engines producing combined total of 6,260 shp (4,670 kW) 1 × General Electric LM2500 PB gas turbines generating 27,820 shp (20,700 kW)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) maximum
Range	4,000  nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) using diesel engines
Endurance	20 days
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × RHIB
Crew	118
Sensors and processing systems	X-band & S-band navigational radars Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament	2 × Oto Melara 76 mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns 2 × Otobreda 40 mm L/70 twin naval guns 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes 2 × Mk 9 Depth charge racks 6 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns

ROKS Gyeongju (PCC-758) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. She was decommissioned and transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard under the name BAP Ferré (PM-211) in 2016 and later reasigned to the Peruvian Navy as BAP Ferré (CM-27) .

Development and design

The Pohang class is a series of corvettes built by different Korean shipbuilding companies. The class consists of 24 ships and some after decommissioning were sold or given to other countries. There are five different types of designs in the class from Flight II to Flight VI. ^[1]

Construction and career

Gyeongju was launched on 8 June 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. Commissioned on 1 May 1985 and decommissioned on 30 December 2014. An agreement between the Republic of South Korea and the Republic of Peru on October 20, 2015.

She was transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard under the designation of BAP Ferré (PM-211). The ship arrived at the port of Callao on 15 July 2016, joining the active service of the Directorate of Captaincies and Coast Guard of the Peruvian Navy. ^{[2] [3]}

In August 2018, BAP Ferré was reclassified as a missile corvette (CM-27) and incorporated into its Surface Force. ^[4]

Gallery

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  BAP Ferré and BRP Andrés Bonifacio during RIMPAC 2018.
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  BAP Ferré and BRP Andrés Bonifacio during RIMPAC 2018.

References