BAP Almirante Grau (1906)

	Almirante Grau
History
Peru
Name	Almirante Grau
Namesake	Miguel Grau Seminario
Ordered	1905
Builder	Vickers Limited, Barrow
Laid down	1905
Launched	27 March 1906
Commissioned	1907
Decommissioned	1958
Fate	Stricken 24 June 1958
General characteristics (As built)
Type	Scout cruiser
Displacement	3,100 long tons (3,150 t) Normal
Length	115.82 m (380 ft) oa
Beam	12.34 m (40 ft 6 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 3 in)
Installed power	14,000 ihp (10,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	3,276 nmi (6,067 km; 3,770 mi) at 10 km (6.2 mi)
Complement	320
Armament	2 × 6 in (152 mm) guns; 8 × 14-pounder (76 mm) guns; 8 × 3-pounder (47 mm) guns; 2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Deck: 38 mm (1+1⁄2 in); Conning tower: 76 mm (3 in); Gun shields:76 mm (3 in);

BAP Almirante Grau was a scout cruiser of the Peruvian Navy, the lead ship of its class. Along with its sister ship Coronel Bolognesi, Almirante Grau was one of Peru's two most powerful warships for the first half of the twentieth century. The ship was named for Miguel Grau Seminario, naval hero of the country.

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