BAP ''Río Chira'' (PC 12) is a motor gunboat in the

Peruvian Coast Guard The Directorate General of Captaincies and Coast Guard of Peru (DICAPI, es, Dirección General de Capitanías y Guardacostas del Perú) is the maritime authority and the Peruvian Coast Guard, the same one that carries out the control and surveil ...

. She was built under

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influence at SIMA Callao Shipyard and laid down initially as PGM-111. She was transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard in 1975 and reclassified PM-223.

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* Gunboats of the United States Navy Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Peruvian Navy 1972 ships Ships of the Peruvian Coast Guard Ships built in Peru {{Mil-ship-stub