This is a list of Peruvian Steam frigates of the period 1852-1881:

Ship name Ship type Origin Commissioned Guns Fate Amazonas screw frigate 1852 34 Ship runs aground and lost in Punta Quilque (Chile), 1866 Apurímac screw frigate 1855 36 Ship scuttled in the Callao harbour to prevent capture, 1881 Independencia broadside ironclad frigate 1866 28 Ship collide with a submerged rock and sank during the chase of the schooner Covadonga near Iquique (Perú, now Chile), 1879