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Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)
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Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593)larger figure on 3 of 4
Wielingen-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source474.41 ft (144.6 m)[source]
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Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Italian frigate Carabiniere (F 593) | Wielingen-class frigate |
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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] | CODOG 2 Cockerill CO 240 V12 diesel engines , 4,500 kW (6,000 bhp ) 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbine , 21,000 kW (28,000 shp )[source] |
| Name | Carabiniere[source] | Wielingen class[source] |
| Namesake | Carabiniere[source] | — |
| Builder | Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Muggiano[source] |
106.4 m (349 ft 1 in) oa[source]
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| Laid down | 6 April 2011[source] | — |
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| Launched | 29 March 2014[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 28 April 2015[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] | 1 Hollandse Signaal Apparaten DA-05 surveillance radar 1 Hollandse Signaal Apparaten WM-25 targeting radar 2 EOMS IR/Video optical targeting cameras 1 AN/SQS-510 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] | 1 100 mm Creusot-Loire automatic cannon 1 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launcher with 8 missiles 1 MM38 Exocet launcher with 4 missiles 1 375 mm Creusot-Loire depth charge launcher 2 ECAN Type L5 torpedo tubes with 10 torpedoes[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] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Double hangar[source] | — |
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| Used by | Italian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | Boelwerf Shipyard Cockerill Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | Belgian Navy Bulgarian Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Algerine class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Karel Doorman class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1974–1978[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1976–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Scrapped | — |
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| Type | — | Guided-missile frigate[source] |
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