Equipment

Currently the Peruvian Coast Guard is composed by seven coastal patrol ships, sixteen port patrol boats, and speedboats for bay control, river patrol boats, river speedboats, lake patrol boats, lake speedboats and motorboats for river interdiction, one Fokker F-27 aircraft, a Twin Otter hydroplane as well as a fleet of operational vehicles which strengthens operations by coast police of Coast Guard Captaincies.

Ship characteristics

Ship class	Rio Cañete	PGM 71	Rio Zarumilla
Displacement	296 t	147 t	37 t
Dimensions	50.9×7.4×1.7 m	36.0×6.4×1.8 m	20.0×5.2×1.0 m
Propulsion	4 Bazan/MTU V8V 16/18 TLS diesels 5640 shp, 2 shafts	2 GM Detroit Diesel GN-71 diesels 1450 shp, 2 shafts	2 GM Detroit Diesel 8V71 diesels 460 shp, 2 shafts
Speed	23 knots (45 km/h)	18 knots (35 km/h)	18 knots (35 km/h)
Range	3050 nmi (5,648.6 km) at 17 knots (33.3 km/h)	1500 nmi (2,778 km) at 10 knots (19.6 km/h)	1000 nmi (1,852 km) at 16 knots (31.4 km/h)
Crew	39 (4 officers)	18 (4 officers)	7 (1 officer)
Armament	1 x 20mm Oerlikon Mk.10 AA gun 2 x 12.7mm machine guns	1 x 20mm Oerlikon Mk.10 AA gun 2 x 12.7mm machine guns	1 x 20mm Oerlikon Mk.10 AA gun 2 x 12.7mm machine guns
Equipment	1 Decca 1226 navigation radar VHF/UHF SATCOM transceiver	1 Raytheon navigation radar	1 Raytheon Pathfinder 1900 navigation radar

Ships

Vessel	Origin	Builder	Class	Commissioned	Notes
BAP Río Chira (PC-223)		SIMA Callao	PGM 71 class	June 1972	originally transferred from Navy to Coast Guard in 1975, then paid off in 1994, restored to service in 1997 after engines refurbished.
BAP Río Piura (PC-242)		Viareggio	Río Zarumilla class	September 5, 1960	refitted in 1996. sunk near Pisco on August 12, 2010
BAP Río Nepeña (PC-243)		SIMA Chimbote	Rio Cañete class	December 1, 1981	refitted between 1996 and 1998
BAP Río Tambo (PC-244)		SIMA Chimbote	Rio Cañete class	1982	refitted between 1996 and 1998
BAP Río Ocoña (PC-245)		SIMA Chimbote	Rio Cañete class	1983	refitted in 1996
BAP Río Huarmey (PC-246)		SIMA Chimbote	Rio Cañete class	1984	refitted between 1996 and 1998
BAP Río Zaña (PC-247)		SIMA Chimbote	Rio Cañete class	February 12, 1985	refitted between 1996 and 1998
		James Watt Foundry, Birmingham	Yavarí class	1870	ex-Yapurá, now operates as a hospital ship

Aircraft

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Version	In service	Notes
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter The DHC-6 Twin Otter is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air. The aircraft's fixed tricycle undercarriage, STOL abilities and high rate of climb have made it a successful cargo, regional passenger airliner and MEDEVAC...		seaplane Seaplane A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...	DHC-6-100	1	Used for patrol and liaison duties in the Peruvian portion of the Amazon Basin Amazon Basin The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
Fokker F27 Friendship Fokker F27 The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.-Design and development:Design of the Fokker F27 started in the 1950s as a replacement to the successful Douglas DC-3 airliner...		maritime patrol aircraft	F-27-200	1

External links

Official Peruvian Coast Guard Website