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BAP Capitan Quinones (CL-83)
BAP Capitan Quinones (CL-83) was a Crown Colony class cruiser in service with the Peruvian Navy. It was completed for the Royal Navy in 1942 as HMS Newfoundland and, after being withdrawn from service, commissioned by the Marina de Guerra del Peru on December 30 1959. Renamed BAP Almirante Grau (CL-81), in honor of the Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau, it arrived to its new homeport of Callao on January 31 1960.
As fleet flagship, the ship participated in several exercises, including the multinational UNITAS manoeuvres. In 1963, after the creation of the Servicio de Aviacion Naval (Naval Aviation Service), the Almirante Grau started operating Bell 47G helicopters from its fantail. The ship was renamed Capitan Quinones (CL-83) in 1973 after its former name was assigned to the recently acquired HNLMS De Ruyter of the De Zeven Provincien class. As such it was passed to a reserve status on March 6 1980 and decommissioned on May 2 of the same year.
Sources
Rodriguez Asti, John, Cruceros. Buques de la Marina de Guerra del Peru desde 1884. Direccion de Intereses Maritimos, 2000.
See also
BAP Almirante Grau for other Peruvian Navy ships of the same name.
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