BAP ''Villavicencio'' is the second out of four s ordered by the

Peruvian Navy The Peruvian Navy ( es, link=no, Marina de Guerra del Perú, abbreviated MGP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to from the Peruvian littoral. Addit ...

in 1973. It was built by the Italian shipbuilder Cantieri Navali Riuniti at its shipyard in Riva Trigoso, Genoa. Delays in the building of the first ship of the class, BAP ''Carvajal'', meant ''Villavicencio'' was commissioned first on 25 June 1979 with the

pennant number In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that iden ...

FM-52. ''Villavicencio'' is named after Vice Admiral

Manuel Villavicencio Manuel Antonio Villavicencio Freyre (13 June 1834 – 20 December 1925) was a prominent Peruvian Navy officer, who participated in the War of the Pacific. He also served as a Senator. Biography Military career He was the son of Manuel Villa ...

(1840–1925) who fought in the War of the Pacific.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Villavicencio (FM-52) 1978 ships Carvajal-class frigates Ships built by Fincantieri Ships built in Italy