HMS Starling (P241)
BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Starling |
| Builder: | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen |
| Laid down: | 1982 |
| Launched: | 7 September 1983 |
| Commissioned: | 1984 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 August 1997 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Philippine Navy in 1997. |
 Philippines
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| Name: | Artemio Ricarte |
| Namesake: | Gen. Artemio Ricarte (1866-1945), a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine - American War. He is also considered to be the "Father of the Philippine Army". |
| Operator: | Philippine Navy |
| Acquired: | 1 August 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 4 August 1997 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Jacinto class (also known at Tatlong Bayani class) |
| Type: | Patrol Corvette |
| Displacement: | 763 tons full load |
| Length: | 205.4 ft (62.6 m) |
| Beam: | 32.8 ft (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 8.9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 14,188 bhp (10,580 kW) |
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| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) sustained speed |
| Endurance: | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
2 × Avon Searaider 5.4m 30 knots (56 km/h) 10-man Semi-rigid boat aft |
| Complement: | 31 |
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| Armor: | Belted Steel |
The BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37) is one of the three Jacinto class of corvettes, and are considered as one of the most modern ships in the Philippine Navy. She was originally called HMS Starling (P241) during her service with the Royal Navy. She is currently assigned with the Patrol Force of the Philippine Fleet.
Launched as the third of five patrol vessels of the Peacock class, she was originally part of the Hong Kong Squadron of the Royal Navy. The ships were built by Hall, Russell & Company in the United Kingdom and were commissioned into Royal Navy service from 1983 to 1984. The class was designed specifically for patrol duties in Hong Kong waters. 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 Hong Kong Police and with Customs & Excise in order to prevent the constant flow of illegal immigrants, narcotics and electronic equipment into the Colony.
Out of the five ships in its class, three of them, HMS Peacock (P239), HMS Plover (P240), and HMS Starling (P241), were left in Hong Kong until 1997. They were sold to the Philippines as a sign of goodwill, and were officially turned over to the Philippine Navy on 1 August 1997 when Hong Kong was ceded back to China.
The Artemio Ricarte was part of the Philippine Navy contingent to join CARAT 2004, together with her sistership BRP Emilio Jacinto. This was followed immediately with a separate exercise with two Royal Navy ships, namely HMS Exeter (D89) and RFA Grey Rover (A269).
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