BAP Coronel Bolognesi (CL-82) was a Crown Colony class

Crown Colony class cruiser

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 cruiser

Cruiser

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 in service with the Peruvian Navy

Peruvian Navy

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. It was completed for the Royal Navy

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 in 1943 as HMS Ceylon

HMS Ceylon (C30)

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 and, after being withdrawn from service, commissioned

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 by the Marina de Guerra del Perú

Peruvian Navy

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 on February 9, 1960. Renamed BAP Coronel Bolognesi (CL-82), in honor of the Peru

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vian Colonel

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 Francisco Bolognesi

Francisco Bolognesi

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, it arrived to its new homeport of Callao

Callao

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 on March 19, 1960.

In service, the ship has participated in several exercises, including the multinational UNITAS manoeuvres, as well as taking part in disaster relief

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 operations after the 1970 Ancash earthquake

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. In 1963, after the creation of the Servicio de Aviación Naval (Naval Aviation Service), the Coronel Bolognesi started operating Bell 47G

Bell 47

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 helicopter

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s from its fantail. It was passed to a reserve status on June 9, 1981, renamed Pontón Perú (UAI-113) on May 30, 1982 and decommissioned

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on September 20 of the same year.

Sources

• Rodríguez Asti, John, Cruceros. Buques de la Marina de Guerra del Perú desde 1884. Dirección de Intereses Marítimos, 2000.