AWarships
Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)
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Configuration
| Specification | Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593) | Type 701 roll-on/roll-off ship |
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| 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] | — |
| Name | Carabiniere[source] | — |
| Namesake | Carabiniere[source] | — |
| Builder | Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Muggiano[source] | Songliao Shipyard[source] |
| Laid down | 6 April 2011 |
Beam
Single source19.7 m (64.6 ft)[source]
Maximum; max cruise speed
Single sourceMaximum; Speed
Single source27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph); max cruise speed 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h; 18.0 mph)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source6,800 nmi (12,600 km; 7,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Launched | 29 March 2014[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 28 April 2015[source] | 2013[source] |
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| Home port | Taranto[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 247321700 Callsign : Pennant number : F 593[source] | — |
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| Motto | Nei secoli fedele (Forever faithful)[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Carlo Bergamini -class frigate[source] | — |
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| 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] | — |
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| 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] | Two twin 14.5 mm machine guns[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × SH90 1 × SH90 1 × AW101 (armed with MU 90 torpedoes or MBDA Marte Mk2/S missiles)[source] | One[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Double hangar[source] | Landing pad[source] |
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| Used by | Italian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Yard number | — | 7814[source] |
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| Sponsored by | — | PLAGF[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 2013[source] |
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| In service | — | 2013[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | None[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | likely powered by a pair of marine diesel engines[source]Reference inference — likely; installed engine type not specified |
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| Country of origin | — | China[source]Inventory Origin column; table 11, row 8, cell 4; revision 1373722962; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
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