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F 594  -  ITS Virginio Fasan

 

 

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f 594 its nave virginio fasan luigi rizzo bergamini class frigate italian navy marina militare italiana navalmeccanica castellammare di stabia

Type, Class:

 

Frigate; Luigi Rizzo class (aka Bergamini class)

Builder:

 

Navalmeccanica Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

STATUS:

 

Laid down: March 6, 1960

Launched: October 9, 1960

Commissioned: October 10, 1962

Decommissioned: stricken in 1988

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

Virginio Fasan (1914-1943) (see history below)

Ship’s motto:

 

IN ALEIS STRENUA - IN PUGNA INVICTA  ‘brave the risks - invincible in battle’

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Luigi Rizzo - class Frigate

 

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f 594 its nave virginio fasan frigate rizzo bergamini class italian navy

 

 

F 594 ITS Virginio Fasan:

 

-- service history wanted --

 

Virginio Fasan:

 

Capo meccanico di 3^ classe / Chief mechanic 3rd class Virginio Fasan (September 10, 1914 in Udine - September 9, 1943).

Sank with the Destroyer ‘Ugolino Vivaldi’ on September 9, 1943.

Honors: Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare sul Campo (Silver Medal for Military Valour in the Field) - June 1942

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