BAP Capitán Quiñones (CL-83)
# BAP Capitán Quiñones (CL-83)

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 It was completed for the Royal Navy in 1942 as HMS Newfoundland and, after being withdrawn from service, commissioned by the Marina de Guerra del Perú on December 30, 1959.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.

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.
* ↑ "HMS Newfoundland (1942)". www.tynebuiltships.com. Retrieved 5 Jun 2017.
