BAP Capitán Quiñones (CL-83)

For other ships with the same name, see BAP Quiñones and BAP Almirante Grau.

BAP Capitán Quiñones (CL-83) was a Fiji-class cruiser in service with the Peruvian Navy. It was completed for the Royal Navy in 1942 as HMS Newfoundland and, after being withdrawn from service, commissioned by the Marina de Guerra del Perú on December 30, 1959. Renamed BAP Almirante Grau (CL-81), in honor of the Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau, it arrived to its new homeport of Callao on 31 January 1960.

History
United Kingdom
Name	Newfoundland
Builder	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend
Yard number	1589
Laid down	9 November 1939
Launched	19 December 1941
Commissioned	21 January 1943
Out of service	Sold to Peruvian Navy on 30 December 1959
Peru
Name	Almirante Grau
Acquired	30 December 1959
Commissioned	December 30, 1959
Decommissioned	2 May 1980
Renamed	Renamed Capitan Quinones on 15 May 1973
Reclassified	Static training ship in 1979
Homeport	Callao
Fate	Scrapped 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Fiji-class cruiser
Displacement	8,712 tonnes standard 11,024 tons full load
Length	169.3 m (555 ft)
Beam	18.9 m (62 ft)
Draught	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	Four oil fired three-drum Admiralty-type boilers four-shaft geared turbines four screws 54.1 megawatts (72,500 shp)
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h)
Range	10,200 nmi (18,900 km; 11,700 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	730 (wartime) 650 (peacetime)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 281 air search Type 272 surface search Type 277 height finding Type 274 fire control (152 mm) Type 283 fire control (102 mm) Type 282 fire control (2 pdr)
Armament	3 triple Mk XXIII 152/50 mm guns 4 twin Mk XIX 102/45 mm guns 4 quadruple Mk VII 2 pdr (40 mm) pom-pom guns 10 twin Mk II 20/70 mm guns 2 triple 533 mm torpedo tubes
Armour	82.5-88.9 mm belt 25.4-50.8 mm turrets
Aircraft carried	Bell 47G helicopter (deck only)

As fleet flagship, the ship participated in several exercises, including the multinational UNITAS manoeuvres. In 1963, after the creation of the Servicio de Aviación Naval (Naval Aviation Service), Almirante Grau started operating Bell 47G helicopters from its fantail. The ship was renamed Capitán Quiñones (CL-83) in 1973 after its former name was assigned to the recently acquired HNLMS De Ruyter of the De Zeven Provinciën class. As such it was passed to a reserve status on 6 March 1980 and decommissioned on 2 May of the same year.

Sources

• Rodríguez Asti, John, Cruceros. Buques de la Marina de Guerra del Perú desde 1884. Dirección de Intereses Marítimos, 2000.