AWarships
Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)
Credit
Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified
FORCETALLY
Loading the evidence…
Preparing your view.
Preparing your view.
AWarships
BWarships
At a glance
Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)larger figure on 4 of 5
SAS Isandlwanalarger figure on 1 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source474.41 ft (144.6 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593) | SAS Isandlwana |
|---|---|---|
| Power | CODLAG 1 × 32 MW gas turbine General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4 2 × 2.5 MW electric motors Jeumont Electric 4 × diesel generators VL 1716 (T2ME series by 2,15 MW everyone, on first two frigate; HPCR series by 2,8 MW everyone, since the third frigate) 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source] | CODAG WARP 2 × Diesels 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) each 2 shafts 1 × Gas turbine 20,000 kW (26,820 hp) 1 Waterjet[source] |
| Name | Carabiniere[source] | SAS Isandlwana[source] |
| Namesake | Carabiniere[source] | Battle of Isandlwana[source] |
| Builder | Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Muggiano |
121 m (397 ft 0 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel[source] |
| Laid down | 6 April 2011[source] | 28 October 2001[source] |
|---|
| Launched | 29 March 2014[source] | 5 December 2002[source] |
|---|
| Commissioned | 28 April 2015[source] | 20 July 2006[source] |
|---|
| Home port | Taranto[source] | Simonstown[source] |
|---|
| Identification | MMSI number : 247321700 Callsign : Pennant number : F 593[source] | — |
|---|
| Motto | Nei secoli fedele (Forever faithful)[source] | — |
|---|
| Status | Active[source] | Ship in active service (but non-operational)[source] |
|---|
| Class & type | Carlo Bergamini -class frigate[source] | Valour-class frigate[source] |
|---|
| Sensors & processing systems | Leonardo Kronos Grand Naval (MFRA) Active electronically scanned array radar CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar UMS 4110 CL hull-mounted sonar[source] | Surveillance Radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical Radar Tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X-band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical Tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification Friend or Foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval IFF system Target Designation Sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060[source] |
|---|
| Armament | 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles 2 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62 mm Davide/Strales CIWS guns 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara / Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm remote weapon systems 4 × MBDA Teseo Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles 4 × MBDA MILAS anti-submarine missiles 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns[source] | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × twin barreled 35 mm (Denel) dual-purpose gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk1 8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 2 SSM (2 × 4-cell launchers) 16 × Umkhonto SAM (2 × 8-cell vertical launchers)[source] |
|---|
| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH90 1 × SH90 1 × AW101 (armed with MU 90 torpedoes or MBDA Marte Mk2/S missiles)[source] | 1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)[source] |
|---|
| Aviation facilities | Double hangar[source] | Flight deck Enclosed hangar[source] |
|---|
| Used by | Italian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
|---|
| Operator | — | South African Navy[source] |
|---|
| Ordered | — | 3 December 1999[source] |
|---|
| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)[source] |
|---|