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Peacock class Patrol Corvette
 

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PS-36 BRP Apolinario Mabini (ex P240 HMS Plover) in Philippine Navy service
 
01/23
Ships:
P239 HMS Peacock
P240
HMS Plover
P241
HMS Starling
P242
HMS Swallow
P243
HMS Swift
 
Specifications:
 
Builder:
Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen, Scotland
 
Length:
62.6 meters (205 feet 5 inches)
Beam: 10 meters (32 ft 10 in)
Draft: 2.72 meters (8 ft 11 in)
Displacement: 760 tons (full load)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 2500 NM (4600 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement: 31
 
Propulsion:
2 x APE-Crossley SEMT-Pielstick 18 PA6 V 280 Diesel engines (14188 bhp / 10580 kW)
1 x Schottel S103 LSVEST drop-down retractable propeller (181 shp / 135 kW)

2 shafts / 2 propellers
 
Armament (as built):
1 x Oto Melara 76/62 Compact gun
1 x
MSI DS25 25mm naval gun
2 x
20mm Mk.16 guns on Mk.68 mount
2 x
12.7mm (cal .50) M2 machine guns
  
Aviation:
none

Boats & landing craft:
2 x Avon Searaider semi-rigid boats (5.4 meters / 10-man)

Systems:
Saab 9LV Mk4 Compact Combat Management System
GEM Elettronica Sea Eagle X & S-band Surface Search & Navigation Radars
Saab EOS-500 Electro-Optical Tracking/Fire Control System
 
 
The Peacock class is a class of patrol corvette built for the Royal Navy. Five were constructed, and by 1997 all had been sold to the Irish Naval Service or the Philippine Navy.

Original use:
The five ships of this class were originally part of the Hong Kong Squadron of the Royal Navy. The ships were built by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom and were commissioned into Royal Navy service between 1983 and 1985. They were specifically built for service in Hong Kong with the 6th Patrol Craft Squadron; for work in tropical climates they were fully air conditioned and were capable of remaining at sea during typhoons. As well as ‘flying the flag’ and providing a constant naval presence in region, they could undertake a number of different roles including Seamanship, Navigation and Gunnery training and Search-and-Rescue duties for which they had facilities to carry divers (including a decompression chamber) and equipment to recover vessels and aircraft. They also worked with the Marine Department of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and with Customs & Excise to decrease the constant flow of illegal immigrants, narcotics and electronic equipment into the colony. For these roles each vessel could carry two Avon Searider SR5M rigid-hulled inflatable boats and a small detachment of Royal Marines.

Philippine Navy:
HMS Peacock (P239), HMS Plover (P240), and HMS Starling (P241) were sold to the Philippines and were officially turned over to the Philippine Navy on 1 August 1997 after Hong Kong was returned to China. In Philippine service they are designated Emilio Jacinto-class corvettes, and have been considerably 'up-gunned' with a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster and two 20 mm Oerlikon guns.

The Philippine Navy undertook several phases of upgrades on the three corvettes, with the first one completed in 2005 replacing the old radar and navigation systems. The second upgrade involved the improvements on its marine engineering systems, and a third upgrade included the improvement of combat systems.

Irish Naval Service:
HMS Swallow (P242) and HMS Swift (P243) were both sold to the Irish Naval Service in 1988. They were respectively renamed as LÉ Ciara (P42) and LÉ Orla (P41), and were commissioned under their current names by the Taoiseach Charles Haughey on 16 January 1989.

The two ships take their names from traditional Irish mythology: Órla, a grand niece (great niece) of Brian Boru, the 11th-century High King of Ireland.; and Ciara, a saint born in Tipperary around the year 611 AD. They replaced the three Ton-class minesweepers, the last of which the Irish Navy had recently retired before the delivery of the Peacock class.

The two ships were decommissioned on 8 July 2022 and are due to be replaced by ex-HMNZS Lake-class inshore patrol vessels, ex Rotoiti and Pukaki IPV in 2023.
 
source: wikipedia / CC
 
units:
 
P239 HMS Peacock
Laid down: January 1982
Launched: December 1, 1982
Commissioned: 1983
Decommissioned: August 1, 1997
 
Fate: transferred to Philippine Navy in 1997 / renamed BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35)
 
 
P240 HMS Plover
Laid down: 1982
Launched: April 12, 1983
Commissioned: 1984
Decommissioned: August 1, 1997
 
Fate: transferred to Philippine Navy in 1997 / renamed BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36)
 
 
P241 HMS Starling
Laid down: 1982
Launched: September 11, 1983
Commissioned: 1984
Decommissioned: August 1, 1997
 
Fate: transferred to Philippine Navy in 1997 / renamed BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37)
 
 
P242 HMS Swallow
Laid down: 1983
Launched: March 31, 1984
Commissioned: 1984
Decommissioned: 1988
 
Fate: transferred to Irish Naval Service in 1988 / renamed LÉ Ciara (P42)
 
 
P243 HMS Swift
Laid down: 1983
Launched: 1984
Commissioned: 1985
Decommissioned: 1988
 
Fate: transferred to Irish Naval Service in 1988 / renamed LÉ Orla (P41)
 
 
images:

sorry, no Royal Navy service images

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PS-37 BRP Artemio Ricarte (ex P241 HMS Starling) in Philippine Navy service

peacock class patrol corvette opv royal navy 02c p241 hms starling
PS-37 BRP Artemio Ricarte (ex P241 HMS Starling) in Philippine Navy service
 
 
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