BAP Unión (BEV-161)

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BAP Unión (BEV-161)
History
Peru
Name: Unión
Owner:  Peruvian Navy
Ordered: 23 December 2010
Builder: SIMA, Callao, Peru
Laid down: 8 December 2012
Launched: 22 December 2014[1]
Commissioned: 27 January 2016[2][3]
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Type: Barque
Displacement: 3,200 t[4][5]
Length: 115.75 metres (379.8 ft)[4][6]
Beam: 13.5 metres (44 ft)
Draft: 6.5 metres (21 ft)
Speed: 12 knots[7]

The BAP Unión is a training ship of the Peruvian Navy.[8] It is a four-masted steel hulled full rigged barque built in 2014 by Shipyard Marine Industrial Services of Peru, known as SIMA.[9] The ship's name is a reference to a Peruvian corvette that participated in the War of the Pacific as part of a naval squadron under the command of Miguel Grau, the most important hero of the Peruvian Navy.[9]

Like other similar ships, the Unión has been conceived not only for training purposes, but also to be a sailing ambassador for her home country.[10] Due to its features and dimensions, it has been considered (as of the date it was comissioned) as the largest sail vessel in Latin America.[6][11]

History

File:BAP Unión en astillero SIMA.jpg
BAP Unión in SIMA's dry dock

For a long time, the Peruvian Navy had desired a training ship to be used in the instruction of its cadets. Accordingly, the Peruvian government enacted in 1985 Law N° 24094[12] which declared as a public necessity the navy having this kind of ship. However, due to the economic crisis Peru suffered at the end of the 1980s, and later for public spending restraints, the project was constantly postponed.

It was not until 2010 that the project was finally approved and the building authorized.[13] On 2012 the Peruvian government announced its decision to order the ship's construction to the Shipyard Marine Industrial Services of Peru, known as SIMA; in cooperation with the Government of Spain,[14] through the contractors CYPSA and Navantia, which were responsible for the ship´s structural design.[15] On December 8, 2012 Unión's construction began with a keel laying ceremony in the presence of Peruvian president Ollanta Humala.[16] The hull was finished two years later and launched on December 22, 2014.[17]

In June 2015, the ship received its masts and propeller; and the interior fitout began in charge of contractors Acopafi and MO Contract. Also, according to an agreement between SIMA and Navantia, the ship was provided with an "Integrated Control System Platform, Navigation and Communications".[18][19]

While the ship was under construction, the Peruvian government arranged training for the future Unión's crew with the help of an instructor of the Spanish Navy[20] and by sending personnel to serve on training ships of other countries, such as the Mexican sailing ship ARM Cuauhtémoc.[21] Also, a Peruvian delegation was sent to take part in maintenance and repair works on Colombian sailing ship ARC Gloria.[22]

On January 27, 2016 the BAP Unión was commissioned in an official flag raising ceremony held on its deck and attended by Peruvian president Ollanta Humala, the Minister of Defense and the General Commander of the Navy. This act meant the ship was placed in active service.[2][23][24]

Characteristics

File:Mascarón de proa BAP Unión.JPG
Unión's figurehead
File:Escudo BAP Unión.jpg
Unión's escutcheon

Specifications

The BAP Unión is a four-masted full rigged barque with a hull composed of 38 steel modules.[25] It has a total length (including bowsprit) of 115.75[4][6] m; a beam of 13.5 m; a draft of 6.50 m; an air draft of 53.5 m; a displacement of 3,200 metric tonnes;[4][5] a speed of 12 knots and a crew of 250 officers and trainees.

The ship´s propulsion is supported by a diesel Caterpillar 3516H engine,[26] a BERG propeller and a Rolls Royce maneuvering propeller. Its sail rig is composed of 24 sails from Chilean sailmaking company Wienecke, arranged in bowsprit mast (5), foresail mast (9), mainmast proel[clarification needed] (9), mainmast popel[clarification needed] (8) and mizzen mast (3), with a total sail area of approximately 4,324 m2.[26]

Figurehead

The ship's figurehead was made of bronze by the Peruvian sculptor Pilar Martínez Woodman, and it features several symbols of the Inca culture that previously existed in what is now Peru. As the main element it shows the image of the Sapa Inca (emperor) Tupac Yupanqui, known as "The Shining", who appears with his right arm raised to the image of the Inca sun god Inti; and who is placed over a representation of the archeological artefact known the twelve angle stone. The Sapa Inca wears a checkered cloth and a cape that depicts ocean waves. He also wears two puma heads (the puma was a sacred animal in Inca culture)[27][28] as knee guards. His head is adorned with the mascapaicha (the Inca crown); and the shield he holds has the image of two rhombuses that represent the Inca Empire, known as Tawantinsuyu.[29][30]

Escutcheon

The Unión’s escutcheon depicts the ship sailing over the ocean with the motto Cudendum Character Nautarum ("forging sailors' character") written in Latin below. It also contains an image of the sky with representations of the constellations Ursa minor and Crux. Over the escutcheon is the image of a bright sun and the legend "Marina de Guerra del Perú" (Navy of Peru) and below the name and number of the ship.[original research?]

Interior equipment for training

Due to its use as a training ship, the Unión's interior includes an auditorium, a library, a computing platform and classrooms to instruct cadets in astronomic navigation; meteorology; oceanography; hydrography; and naval operations and maneuvers.[31][32]

Gallery

  • Recipiente usado en bautizo de casco del BAP Unión.JPG

    Vessel used in the December 2014 launching ceremony of BAP Unión

  • Botadura casco BAP Unión.JPG

    Unión's hull launching (December, 2014)

  • Mascarón BAP UNION.jpg

    Unión's figurehead in SIMA's shipyard shop (January, 2016)

  • BAP Unión (BEV-161) en Base Naval Callao.JPG

    BAP Unión (January, 2016)

  • BAP Unión en Base Naval del Callao.JPG

    BAP Unión (January, 2016)

See also

References

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