Audace-class destroyer
Both destroyers of the class of 2008 in La Spezia, in the foreground Audace
- 4 x missile launcher for Teseo Mk -2 anti-ship missiles
- 1 x missile launcher for Albatros / Aspide air defense missiles ( eight cells)
- 1 x Starter SM- 1MR
- 1 x 12.7 cm L/54 Sk
- 3 × 7.6 cm L/62 Sk
- 6 × torpedo tubes ∅ 32.4 cm
- 2 x AB212 helicopters aboard
- AA radar Hughes PLC 52C (3D)
- EW radar Selenia SPS -768 (V ) 3 ( RAN 3L )
- ASu radar Selenia SPS 768 ( RAN 3L )
- Navigation SMA SPN -748 SPQ -2D
- Mission control system IPN -20 ( Sadoc -2), Link 11, Link 14, SATCOM
- Fire control systems: SPS 774 (RAN -10S ) for Albatros and 12.7 cm
- SPG 51C for SM- 1MR
- Dardo 3 -E ( NA -30) for 7.6 cm
- IR cameras and laser rangefinder
The Audace -Class was a class of destroyer of the Italian Marina Militare. The class consisted of the multi-purpose vessels from 1972 to 2003 in service
- Audace (D 551 ) (type ship)
- Ardito (D 550)
The main task of this in Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples built ships lay with the management of small fleets, and especially in their defense against attacks from the air. They were extensively modernized in 1987 and more heavily armed. In 2003, she retired from active service, but remained for some time in reserve. They were replaced in 2008 of two new ships Horizon class.
Ancestor class
From 1913 to 1943 there was also a Audace class, consisting of the two destroyers Audace (1916 sunk, replaced by another ship ) and Animoso.