BAP Palacios (DM-73)

BAP Palacios (DM-73) was a Daring-class destroyer in service with the Peruvian Navy. She was completed for the Royal Navy in 1954 as HMS Diana. After being decommissioned she was sold to Peru in 1969 together with her sister ship HMS Decoy. She was renamed after Enrique Palacios, a war hero who fought at the Battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific.

BAP Palacios (DM-73)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Diana
Builder	Yarrow and Co. Ltd, Glasgow
Laid down	April 3, 1947
Launched	May 8, 1952
Commissioned	March 29, 1954
Fate	Sold to Peruvian Navy on 1969
Peru
Name	Palacios
Commissioned	April 1973
Decommissioned	1993
Homeport	Callao
General characteristics
Class & type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	2,819 tonnes standard 3,592 tonnes full load
Length	121.60 m (398 ft 11 in)
Beam	13.10 m (43 ft 0 in)
Draught	5.50 m (18 ft 1 in)Error: has synonymous parameter (help)
Draft	4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)Error: has synonymous parameter (help)
Propulsion	2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 English Electric geared steam turbines 2 shafts; 54,800 shp (40,900 kW)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	205 (17 officers)
Sensors & processing systems	1 Plessey AWS-1 early warning 1 Thomson-CSF Triton surface search 1 RTN-10X fire control 1 Decca 1226 navigation
Electronic warfare & decoys	F0417-501 intercept
Armament	8 Exocet MM-38 SSM 2 Vickers 114 mm/45 Mk V twin guns 2 OTO Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun
Aircraft carried	1 AB-212ASW helicopter
Aviation facilities	Telescopic hangar for 1 medium helicopter.

Prior to entering service with the Peruvian Navy she underwent a major refit by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead between 1970 and 1973. Work done during this refit included the following:

• Rebuilding of the foremast for installation of the Plessey AWS-1 air-search radar
• Installation of eight Exocet MM-38 surface-to-surface missiles in place of the Close Range Blind Fire Director forward of 'X' turret

After her rebuild, Palacios was commissioned into the Peruvian Navy in April 1973. Further work was done on the ship by SIMA dockyards in Callao as follows:^[1]

• In 1975–1976 the Squid anti-submarine weapon mortar was removed and a helicopter landing deck fitted.
• In 1977–1978 two OTO Melara twin 40L70 DARDO compact gun mountings were installed as was an AESN NA-10 gun fire-control system and an AESN RTN-10X fire-control radar. The aft 114 mm turret was replaced with a telescopic hangar.

After serving in two navies for 39 years, Palacios was decommissioned in 1993.^[2]