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Italian Navy / Marina Militare Italiana Centauro class Frigate |
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D 570
/ F 551 ITS
Canopo |
1958 |
Cantieri Navali Taranto, Italy |
decommissioned 1982 |
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D 573
/ F 553 ITS
Castore |
1957 |
Cantieri Navali Ansaldo di Livorno, Italy |
decommissioned 1983 |
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D 571
/ F 554 ITS
Centauro |
1957 |
Cantieri Navali Taranto, Italy |
decommissioned 1985 |
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D 572
/ F 555 ITS
Cigno |
1957 |
Cantieri Navali Taranto, Italy |
decommissioned 1983 |
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Specifications: |
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Length: |
103,1 meters |
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Beam: |
12 meters |
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Draft: |
3,8 meters |
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Displacement: |
2180 tons (full load) |
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Speed: |
26
knots (48 km/h) maximal |
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Range: |
3020
NM (5600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
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Crew: |
235 |
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Aviation: |
none |
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Propulsion: |
2 x
Foster-Wheeler boilers / 2 x Tosi steam-turbines |
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Armament: |
as built: 2 x Oto-Melara
76mm/L62-caliber twin guns 2 x
Bofors 40mm/L70 twin AA guns 2 x
21” (533mm) triple torpedo tubes 1 x
ASW mortar 4 x
depth charge projectors 1 x
depth charge rack after modification: 3 x Oto-Melara
76mm/L62-caliber Allargato single guns 1 x
ASW mortar 4 x
depth charge projectors 1 x
depth charge rack |
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Systems: |
AN/SPS-6C radar AN/SQS-11A sonar |
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NOTES: |
originally planned as Destroyer Escorts (DE) with
DE pennant numbers. Reclassified to Frigate in 1957 |
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