''Orsa'' (F 567) is the fourth ship of the Lupo-class

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of the

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. She was sold to

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in the 2000s. ''Aguirre'' (FM-55) is one of eight ''Carvajal''-class

s of the

Construction and career

Italian service

The ship initially built for the

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and was named ''Perseo'' with a pennant of F 566. The ship was

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on 1 August 1977, was launched on 1 March 1979 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and commissioned in the

Italian Navy "Fatherland and Honour" , patron = , colors = , colors_label = , march = ( is the return of soldiers to their barrack, or sailors to their ship after a ...

on 1 March 1980.

Peruvian service

She was commissioned on 3 November 2004 . For its commissioning process, ''Coronel Bolognesi'' sailed from the port of La Spezia in the Mediterranean Sea, across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Pacific Ocean via the

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, and south to its base in

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References

External links

Orsa (F 567)
Marina Militare website {{DEFAULTSORT:Orsa (F 567) Carvajal-class frigates 1979 ships Ships built in Italy Frigates of the Cold War