ROKS ''Gyeongju'' (PCC-758) was a of the Republic of Korea Navy. She was decommissioned and transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard under the name BAP ''Ferré'' (PM-211) in 2016 and later reasigned to the

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as BAP ''Ferré'' (CM-27) .

Development and design

The ''Pohang'' class is a series of

corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...

s built by different Korean shipbuilding companies. The class consists of 24 ships and some after decommissioning were sold or given to other countries. There are five different types of designs in the class from Flight II to Flight VI.

Construction and career

''Gyeongju'' was launched on 8 June 1984 by

Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; ) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea. History HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division of the ...

in Ulsan. Commissioned on 1 May 1985 and decommissioned on 30 December 2014. An agreement between the

Republic of South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its east ...

and the

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on October 20, 2015. She was transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard under the designation of BAP ''Ferré'' (PM-211). The ship arrived at the port of

Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and Regions of Peru, region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists o ...

on 15 July 2016, joining the active service of the Directorate of Captaincies and Coast Guard of the Peruvian Navy. In August 2018, BAP ''Ferré'' was reclassified as a missile corvette (CM-27) and incorporated into its Surface Force.

Gallery

File:BRP Bonifacio and BAP Ferre at RIMPAC 2018 001.jpg, BAP ''Ferré'' and during RIMPAC 2018. File:BRP Bonifacio and BAP Ferre at RIMPAC 2018 002.jpg, BAP ''Ferré'' and BRP ''Andrés Bonifacio'' during RIMPAC 2018.

References

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