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P-434 Giovanni delle Bande Nere

P-434 Giovanni delle Bande Nere

Country: ItalyItaly

Class, [Type]: Thaon di Revel, [FFG].

Builder: Fincantieri, Muggiano, Italy.

Launch date: 12th February 2022.

Commission date: 2nd October 2024.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.994, 6.270 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 143 x 16,5 x 5

Main machinery: CODAG: 1 × General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4 gas turbine ( 32 MW ), 2 x MTU 20V 8000 M91L diesels ( 26.000 hp ), 2 × electric motors ( 1.350 kW each ), 2 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 32.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 149.

Guns: 1 × Oto Melara 127mm/64 Vulcano, 1 × Oto Melara 76mm/62 Strales Sovraponte, 2 × Oto Melara KBA B06 25mm/80, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  2 x DCNS Sylver A-70 VLS, 16 cells; SAM: MBDA Aster 15 / 30 / CAMM-ER; SSM: MBDA Scalp Naval, 8 x MBDA Teseo Mk.2/E.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes ( 2 x Leonardo/WASS B-515/3 launchers ), Leonardo/WASS Black Arrow torpedoes.

Radar: Air/Surface search: 1 x Leonardo AESA 3D, C/X bands, 1 x Leonardo SPS-732 LPI; Navigation: 1 x Leonardo ?, X/Ka bands; Fire Control:1 x Leonardo NA-30S Mk2.

Sonar: Leonardo ATAS.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers, Leonardo Black Snake anti-torpedo system; Acoustic: 2 x SITEP MS-424; ESM/ECM: Electronica-ELT Spa ZEUS.

Helicopter: 2 x SH90 or 1 x SH90 + 1 AW101.

Callsign: IABR (IndiaAlfaBravoRomeo)

Comment: Double hangar. Flight deck is 25,5m x 16,5m.

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