- BAP Palacios (DM-73)
BAP "Palacios" (DM-73) was a "Daring" class
destroyer in service with thePeruvian Navy . She was completed for theRoyal Navy in 1954 as HMS "Diana". After being decommissioned she was sold toPeru 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 theWar of the Pacific .Prior to entering service with the Peruvian Navy she underwent a major refit by
Cammell Laird atBirkenhead between 1970 and 1973. Work done during this refit included the following:
* Rebuilding of theforemast for installation of thePlessey AWS-1 air-search radar
* Installation of eight Exocet MM-38 SSMs in place of the Close Range Blind Fire Director forward of X turretAfter its rebuild, "Palacios" was commissioned into the Peruvian Navy on April 1973. Further work was done on the ship by SIMA dockyards in
Callao as follows: [Couhat, "Combat Fleets of the World", p. 459.]
* In 1975-76 the Squid ASW mortar was removed and a helicopter landing deck fitted.
* In 1977-1978 two OTO Melara Twin 40L70DARDO compact gun mountings were installed as was an AESN NA-10 gun fire-control system and an AESN RTN-10Xfire-control radar . The aft 114 mm turret was replaced with a telescopichangar .After serving in two navies for 39 years, "Palacios" was decommissioned in 1993. [Baker, "The Naval Institute Guide", p. 551.]
Notes
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* 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.
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