Peacock-class corvette

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BRP Artemio Ricarte (ex-HMS Starling)
Class overview
Name	Peacock class
Builders	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Operators	Royal Navy  Philippine Navy  Irish Naval Service
Preceded by	Castle class
Succeeded by	River class (United Kingdom) Róisín class (Ireland)
Subclasses	Jacinto class
In commission	1982 - present
Completed	5
Active	Philippine Navy: 3 Irish Navy: 0
General characteristics
Type	Corvette
Displacement	712 tons full load
Length	62.6 m (205 ft 5 in)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught	2.72 m (8 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 diesels, 2 shafts, 14,188 bhp (10,580 kW)
Speed	25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) sustained max speed
Complement	30 - 40
Armament	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm/62cal Compact gun Irish Naval Service only: 2 × Rheinmetall Mk 20 RH-202 20 mm cannons 2 × FN MAG 7.62 mm machine guns Philippine Navy only: 1 × MSI DS25 25mm naval gun 2 × 20 mm Mk 16 cannons on Mk 68 mount 2 × 12.7 mm/.50cal M2 machine guns

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.