BAP ''Palacios'' (DM-73) was a ''Daring'' class

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in service with the

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. She was completed for the Royal Navy in 1954 as HMS ''Diana''. After being decommissioned she was sold to Peru in 1969 together with her sistership HMS ''Decoy''. She was renamed after Enrique Palacios, a war hero who fought at the Battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific. Prior to entering service with the Peruvian Navy she underwent a major refit by

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at Birkenhead between 1970 and 1973. Work done during this refit included the following: * Rebuilding of the foremast for installation of the

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AWS-1 air-search radar * Installation of eight Exocet MM-38 SSMs in place of the Close Range Blind Fire Director forward of X turret After its rebuild, ''Palacios'' was commissioned into the Peruvian Navy in April 1973. Further work was done on the ship by SIMA dockyards in

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as follows: * In 1975-76 the

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ASW mortar was removed and a helicopter landing deck fitted. * In 1977-1978 two

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Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun mountings were installed as was an AESN NA-10 gun fire-control system and an AESN RTN-10X

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. The aft 114 mm turret was replaced with a telescopic hangar. After serving in two navies for 39 years, ''Palacios'' was decommissioned in 1993.Baker, ''The Naval Institute Guide'', p. 551.

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Sources

* Baker III, Arthur D., ''The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002-2003''. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2002. * * Couhat, Jean. ''Combat Fleets of the World 1982/83''. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1982. {{DEFAULTSORT:Palacios (DM-73) Daring-class destroyers (1949) of the Peruvian Navy Ships built on the River Clyde 1952 ships