''Lupo'' (F 564) was the
lead ship of the
Lupo-class frigate
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of the
Italian Navy
"Fatherland and Honour"
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. She was sold to
Peruvian Navy
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in the 2000s.
''Pelacios'' (FM-56) is one of eight
''Carvajal''-class frigate
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s of the
Peruvian Navy
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.
Construction and career
Italian service
The ship initially built for the
Italian Navy
"Fatherland and Honour"
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and was named ''Lupo'' with a
pennant of F 564. The ship was
laid down on 11 October 1974, was
launched on 19 July 1976 by the shipyard Riva Trigoso and
commissioned in the
Italian Navy
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on 12 September 1977.
In 2003, ''Lupo'' was decommissioned and transferred to the Navy of Peru.
Peruvian service
The Peruvian flag first flew over the ship on 3 November 2004 in
La Spezia, Italy while it was being outfitted for Peruvian usage.
For its commissioning process, ''Palacios'' sailed from the port of La Spezia in the Mediterranean Sea, across the Atlantic Ocean and into the Pacific Ocean via the
Panama Canal, and south to its base in
Callao
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References
External links
Lupo (F 564)Marina Militare website
Frigates of the Cold War
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Carvajal-class frigates
1976 ships
Ships built by Fincantieri
Ships built in Italy