List of ships of the Peruvian Navy comprising almost every Peruvian warship commissioned after 1840.

Vessels acquired in the 1840s and 1850s

President Castilla sought to expand and well-equip the Peruvian Navy. His naval policy was to if Chile constructed one ship, he should construct two, and he went on to turn the Peruvian Navy into the most powerful of South America. He acquired the frigates "Mercedes", "Guisse", "Gamarra", "Amazonas", and "Apurimac" as well as the Schooners "Tumbes" and "Loa". He also built the naval ports of Paita and Bellavista. Castilla also acquired the first steam-powered warship of any South American country and named it the "Rimac". To better educate the officers of these new ships, he sent them to study with the various navies of European nations. For the defense of the Amazonia, Castilla began to develop an Amazonian fleet with the purchase of the ships, "Morona", "Pastaza", "Napo", and "Putumayo",

Major warships

Minor warships

Transport vessels

Gunboats

Vessels acquired from 1860 to 1884

Ironclads

Coast defence ironclads

ex-US Canonicus-class monitors 2,100 tons.

Steam corvettes

Cruisers

Lima class cruisers, 1,700 tons.

Torpedo boats

Republica class Herreshoff spar torpedo boats.

Submarines

Gunboats

Yavari and Yapura cargo-passenger gunboats, 500 GRT. Both vessels were built in parts in England in 1862 and assembled in Puno on Lake Titicaca.

Transport vessels

Vessels acquired from 1900 onwards

Cruisers

Almirante Grau class 3200 tons Crown Colony class, 11,090–11,110 tons full load. De Ruyter class

Destroyers

French Chasseur-class destroyer 490 tons ex-Russian ex-Estonian Izyaslav-class destroyer ex-Russian ex-Estonian Orfey-class destroyer ex-US Fletcher-class destroyer class ex-British Daring class, 3,600 tons full load. Holland class, 2,765 tons full load. ex-Dutch Friesland class, 3,070 tons full load.

Frigates

ex-US Cannon-class destroyer escorts (sometimes known as Bostwick class), 1,900 tons full load. ex-US Tacoma class, 2,415 tons full load. ex-Canadian River class 2,360 tons full load. Carvajal (modified Lupo) class, 2,500 tons full load. ex-Italian Lupo class, 2,500 tons full load.

Corvettes

PR-72P class, 560 tons full load. ex-Korean Pohang class corvette, 1220 tons full load.

Submarines

Ferré class Laubeuf-type 300/400 tons. R class 576/682 tons (or 576/755 tons). Abtao class , initially known as the Lobo class, modified US Mackerel class, 825 tons standard, 1,400 tons submerged. Guppy 1A class Type 209/1100 class Type 209/1200 class

River gunboats

America class Amazon river gunboat, 240 tons, with 2 × 3-pdr (65mm). Napo class Amazon river gunboat, 98 tons. Loreto class 250 tons. Marañón class 365 tons. Clavero class

Patrol boats

Amphibious warfare vessels

Ex-US LST 1–510 class landing ships, 3,640 tons full load. Ex-US LST 511–1152 class landing ships, 4,080 tons full load. ex-US LSM type medium landing ships, 913 tons full load. ex-US Terrebonne Parish class landing ships, 5,800 tons full load. Makassar-class landing platform dock, 8,400 full load.

Oilers

Pariñas class Thornycroft type oiler, 2820 GRT Cabo Blanco class fleet supply ship and oiler. Organos class Canadian type oiler. Talara-class oiler, 7,000 tons. Sechura-class support oilers 8,700 tons full load. Mollendo-class oiler, 25,670 full load. Parinas-class oiler, 13,600 tons full load. Talara-class oiler, 30,000 tons full load. Bayovar-class freighting tanker, 107,320 tons full load. ex-US Sealift-class transport oilers, 33,000 full load. ex-Russian tankers, Grigoriy Nesterenko type transport oilers, 28,610 tonnes dwt.

Transports

Rimac class 6,848 GRT. Callao class 7,790 tons full load. Ilo class 8,385 tons full load. ex-US AKA type attack cargo-ship, 14,225 tons full load. Mollendo class 18.400 tons full load.

Tugs

'''ex-US ??? class''', 132 tons. ex-US Apache (or Cherokee) class fleet ocean tug, 1,675 tons full load. '''ex-US ??? class''' wooden tugs, 852 tons. ex-US Maricopa (orSotoyomo) class auxiliary ocean tug, 853 tons full load. Selendon class, 80 GRT. Contraestre Navarro class river tug, 50 tons. Seven harbour tugs were in service in 1992:

Floating docks

Harbour tankers oil/water

ex-US YW/YO type 1,235 tons full load. Amazon flotilla water barges acquired in 1972, 300 tons standard load(?), capacity 800 tons water.

Torpedo recovery vessels

San Lorenzo class, 65 tons full load.

Hydrographic survey ships

ex-Dutch Carrasco class survey ships, 343 tons ex-Dutch van Straelen class former inshore minesweepers converted to survey ship role, 169 tons full load. Stiglich class survey ships, 220 tons. (Janes 1992–93 says 43 tons full load.) AEH-173 class inshore survey ship, 23 tons. AEH-174 class inshore survey ship, 30 tons. (Janes 1992–93 says 54 tons)

Sailing training ship

Sailing yachts

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