Peruvian Navy
The Peruvian Navy (Spanish: Marina de Guerra del Perú ) is part of the Peruvian armed forces. In her serve around 25,000 soldiers, including 4,000 Marines.
Flagship of the Navy since May 23, 1973, built in the Netherlands cruiser Almirante Grau with a length of 182 meters, a weight of over 12,000 tons and a crew of 650.
Organization and Leadership
Commander of the Peruvian Navy has since December 29, 2007 Admiral Carlos Gamarra Elias. The Peruvian Navy is subordinate to the Defense Minister and ultimately the Peruvian president as commander in chief of the Peruvian armed forces.
The units of the Peruvian Navy under three different commanders:
- Supreme Commander for operations on the Pacific ( Comandante General de Operaciones del Pacífico ) - Vice Admiral Luis Alejandro Ramos Ormeño
- Supreme Commander for use on the Amazon ( Comandante General de Operaciones de la Amazonia ) - Vice Admiral Alberto Lozada Frías
- Director General of the Coast Guard (Director General de captaincies y Guardacostas ) - Vice Admiral xxx), this is the Director de Hidrografía y Navegacià ( Rear Admiral Oleg Nicolas Kriljenko Arnillas ) assumes
Ranks of the Peruvian Navy
Ranks of the Peruvian Navy ( equivalent in the German Navy )
Officers
- Almirante ( Admiral )
- Vice Almirante ( Vice Admiral )
- Contralmirante ( Rear Admiral - Rear Admiral has no equivalent )
- Capitán de Navio ( Sea Captain )
- Capitán de Fragata ( Commander )
- Capitán de corbeta ( Lieutenant-Commander )
- Teniente primero ( Staff Captain Lieutenant / Lieutenant )
- Segundo Teniente ( Lieutenant )
- Alférez de fragata ( Ensign )
NCOs
- Técnico Supervisor Primero
- Técnico Supervisor Segundo
- Técnico Primero
- Técnico Segundo
- Técnico Tercero
- Oficial de Mar Primero
- Oficial de Mar Segundo
- Oficial de Mar Tercero
Men
- Cabo Primero
- Cabo Secundo
Midshipmen
- Cadete de cuarto año
- Cadete de tercer año
- Cadete segundo año de
- Cadete de primer año
- Aspirante a cadete naval
Ships
The Comandante General de Operaciones del Pacífico are subject to the following vessels (BAP stands for Buque Armada Peruana - Ship of the Peruvian fleet ):
- Cruiser BAP Almirante Grau ( CLM -81 ), 1985-1988 Proyecto de Modernización 01
- Lupo - class: B.A.P frigate Carvajal ( FM 51)
- Frigate B.A.P Villavisencio ( FM 52)
- Frigate B.A.P Montero (FM -53)
- Frigate B.A.P MARIATEGUI (FM -54)
- Frigate B.A.P Aguirre (FM -55)
- B.A.P frigate Palacios (FM -56)
- Frigate B.A.P Bolognesi (FM -57)
- Frigate B.A.P Quiñones (FM -58)
Two former U.S. Landungsschfiffe the Newport - class, ex - USS Fresno (LST 1191) and ex - USS Racine (LST 1182) will soon be handed over to Peru, such as the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency ( DSCA ) in November 2009 announced.
- Auxiliary ship B.A.P Mollendo
- Auxiliary ship B.A.P Talara
- Auxiliary ship B.A.P Lobitos
- Auxiliary ship B.A.P Supe
- Submarine B.A.P Angamos
- Submarine Antofagasta B.A.P
- Submarine B.A.P Arica
- Submarine B.A.P Chipana
- Submarine B.A.P Islay
- Submarine B.A.P Pisagua
- Submarine B.A.P San Lorenzo
Aircraft
The Comandante General de Operaciones del Pacífico under the following aircraft types:
- Propeller aircraft Fokker F-27
- Turboprop Beechcraft King Air B -200
- Helicopter Bell AB 212
- Helicopter Sikorsky SH 3D
- Helicopter Bell 206
- Training aircraft Beechcraft Bonanza T34 C1
- Transport aircraft Antonov AN 32 B
- Transport helicopter Mil Mi 8T
History
The Peruvian Navy was officially established in October 1821. First fleet commander was Jorge Martin Guise. The first Peruvian warship was the Sacramento.
Historic Ships
Famous ships of the Peruvian Navy are:
- Frigate Amazonas
- Frigate Apurimac
- Corvette America
- Monitor Atahualpa
- Bergantín Gamarra
- Ironclad Huascar
- Ironclad Independencia
- Manco Capac monitor
- Corvette Pilcomayo
- Steamship Rímac
- Corvette Unión
Heroes of the Peruvian Navy
In the Peruvian Navy, in addition to the national hero Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario follow other personalities revered as a hero:
- Admiral Lizardo Montero Flores
- Vice Admiral Manuel Carvajal Melitón Ambulodegui
- Vice Admiral Manuel Antonio Villavicencio y Freire
- Rear Admiral Pedro Gárezon Thomas
- Captain Germán Astete Fernández de Paredes
- Captain Juan Fanning García
- Captain Juan Guillermo Ruiz More
- Frigate Captain Fermin Diez Canseco Coloma
- Lieutenant Commander Elias Aguirre Romero
- Lieutenant ( Teniente Primero ) José Pérez Rodríguez Melitón
- Lieutenant ( Teniente Segundo ) Enrique Palacios Mendiburu
- Marine Emilio San Martín Peña
Anthem of the Peruvian Navy
" Gloriosa Marina Peruana " is the official anthem of the Peruvian Navy. Your text is:
Mar peruano, escenario milenario de bronceados marineros que en la esencia de tu sal, nos para siempre legaron Aquel dominio que en su destino Preserva nuestra Armada Nacional.
La Gloriosa Marina Peruana conserva la llama de la tradición, pues al ir patrullando sus aguas, tarea sagrada, eterna misión ... Miguel Grau continua sobre el puente del presente " Huascar " sin par El centauro .. Nobleza y Acero ¡ mejor marinero jamás tuvo el mar!
En los hombres que Guardans memoria acciones de gloria, cual tuvo Noel, si les toca su hora en la historia Sabran water sublimes, así como él por ellos existe ... La marina y por ellos ha de perdurar ... cual los firmes colores que viste ¡ el oro del sol y el mar azul de su!
Navy Day
By law (ley ) 102526 dated 6 October 1945, October 8, the day the Battle of Angamos and the Miguel Grau Seminario death, declared the day of the Navy.
Recreational facilities
The Peruvian Navy maintains since 1900 for their officers and their families, several recreational facilities. The main facilities are:
- ' La sede San Borja del Centro Naval del Perú ' in San Borja, a district of Lima
- ' El Centro Naval del Perú Sede Callao ' in Callao
- 'Resort & Convention Center Centro de " El Remanso " ' near the Río Rímac Chosica
- ' El Centro Naval del Perú Sede " Club Nautico " ' in the seaside resort of La Punta, a district of Callao
- ' El Centro Naval del Perú Sede " Balneario de la Marina" ' in the seaside resort Ancon, in Canta, a province in the region of Lima