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BAP Río Chira

PGM-39-class gunboat

BAP Río Chira is a pGM-39-class gunboat. It was built by SIMA Callao.

Technical data

Specifications

16 fields · 1 source · retrieved 2 Oct 2026

True scale

Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.

Draft

6.8–9 ft (2.1–2.7 m)¹

Propulsion: 2 × Mercedes Benz 12V493 TY57 2,200 hp (1,600 kW) diesel engines 2 × shafts¹
Armament: 1 × 40 mm gun 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns¹

Name: BAP Rio Chira¹
Builder: SIMA Callao¹
Commissioned: 30 June 1972¹
Decommissioned: 1994¹
Recommissioned: 1997¹
Reclassified: PM-223, 1975¹
Notes: Transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard in 1975 Main engines were overhauled before her return to service in 1997¹
Class & type: PGM-39-class gunboat¹

Sources & original excerpts1 reference

Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1 countries documented

BAP Río Chira equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.

Peru
1Reported holdingsBAP Río Chira · reported variants · Coast GuardEstimate · Period November 2025 IISS assessment · Single source
Count scope
Coast Guard exact named equipment holdings: Rio Chira. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS / None. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.