Durand de la Penne-class destroyer

Luigi Durand de la Penne

  • 4 × Starter Teseo Mk.2 anti-ship missiles
  • 1 x Starter Albatros / Aspide air defense missile
  • 1 x Starter SM- 1MR
  • 1 x 12.7 cm L/54 Sk
  • 3 × 7.6 cm L/62 Sk
  • 6 × torpedo tube for ∅ 32,4 cm ( MU90 )
  • 1 × ASW missile system OTOBreda MATRA " Milas "
  • 2 x AB212 helicopters aboard
  • AA radar Hughes PLC 52C (3D) E-Band
  • EW radar Selenia SPS 768 ( RAN 3L ) D- band
  • ASu radar SPS 702
  • Navigation SMA SPN 703 ( 3 RM 20), SMA SPN -748
  • Use management systems: IPN -20 ( Sadoc -2), SYS -1 ( V) 2, Link 11, 14, SATCOM
  • Fire control systems: SPS 774 (RAN -10S ) for Albatros
  • SPG 51D for SM- 1MR
  • 4 SPG 775 (RTN -30X )

The De la Penne class is a class of destroyer of the Italian Marina Militare.

Ships of the class

The class consists of the two by Fincantieri at Riva Trigoso built at Genoa in 1993 and put into service in multi-purpose vessels

The main task of the naval officers, named after Luigi Durand de la Penne and Francesco Mimbelli ships lies in the management of small fleets, and in particular in its defense against attacks from the air.

History

The class is the culmination of Flottenbauprogrammes in the mid- 1970s had been launched by a fleet Law (Legge navale ). The two ships replaced the early 1990s, the two destroyers Impavido class. The relatively heavily armed ships of De la Penne class provide a further development of the Audace class destroyers the conclusion of conventional construction in Italy; they are complemented by two new destroyers of the Horizon class and should be replaced later by two more Horizon ships. So far these plans are however, unresolved domestic problems.

Inserts

The Luigi Durand de la Penne skirted along with the frigate Bersagliere of 12 July 1996 to 4 April 1997, the earth. The two ships laid back 46,000 nautical miles, visiting 35 ports in 23 countries. During Operation Enduring Freedom, the Luigi Durand de la Penne operated from March 1 to June 4, 2002 in the Indian Ocean. At the outbreak of the Lebanon war in the summer of 2006, she brought on 17 July 345 refugees of different nationalities from Beirut to Larnaca in Cyprus. In autumn 2008 the Luigi Durand de la Penne operated as flagship ( Adm. Giovanni Gumiero ) of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 ( SNMG2 ) as part of NATO's Operation Allied Provider in the Indian Ocean against piracy off the Somali coast.

The Francesco Mimbelli was set up in February 2011 during the uprisings in Libya in the sea area between Sicily and Libya air traffic control. She participated along with the landing ship San Giorgio (L 9892 ) in the evacuation of Italians and other foreigners from Libya.

Draft (hull) Avio Otobreda 127/54 Compact OTO Melara 76 mm Shipboard helicopter operations Pennant number Impavido-class destroyer Audace-class destroyer Horizon-class frigate Rota, Cádiz Lupo-class frigate San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock
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