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Italian offshore patrol vessel Francesco Morosini

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History
Italy
NameFrancesco Morosini
NamesakeFrancesco Morosini
Ordered2014
BuilderFincantieri, Muggiano
Cost€3.9 billion
Laid down16 February 2018
Launched22 May 2020
CommissionedExpected, March 2022
IdentificationPennant number: P431
StatusFitting out
General characteristics
Class and typeThaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement
  • light displacement: 4.880 t (4.803 long tons) tonnes
  • full displacement: 5.830 t (5.738 long tons) tonnes
Length
  • 143 m (469 ft 2 in) LOA
  • 133 m (436 ft 4 in) LPP
Beam16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draught10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Depth5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement173 beds (+ 30 on modular rear zone)
CrewPPA Full 120 crew;PPA Light+ + 90;PPA Light 90;( add 24 crew for two helos on board and other 89/59 beds for optional boarding team, marines team, maritime command staffs, etc.)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Elettronica-ELT Spa ZEUS System
  • RESM (Radar Electronic Support Counter-Measure)
  • RECM (Radar Electronic Counter-Measure)
  • CESM (Communication ESM)
  • 2 x Long Range Acoustic Device (Long Range Acoustic System) SITEP MS-424
  • FFBNW 2 x Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • - double hangar
  • - flight deck 25.5 m (83 ft 8 in) x 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)

Francesco Morosini (P431) is the second ship of Paolo Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessel.

Development and design

Italian Navy ordered the new MBDA TESEO MK/2E heavy-duty missile (TESEO "EVO"), a long-range anti-ship missilewith also strategic land attack capability. The missile will have a new terminal "head" with dual RF seeker (Radio Frequency) and, presumably, date the need to even attack ground targets, IIR (Imaging IR). Compared to the predecessor OTOMAT/TESEO, the TESEO "EVO" MK/2E has a double range or more than 360 km. Former OTOMAT is accredited for a range of action of more than 180 km.[1][2][3]

Construction and career

Francesco Morosini was laid down on 16 February 2018 at Fincantieri Muggiano and launched on 22 May 2020.[4] Expected to be commissioned in March 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phppag,3_id,2349.html
  2. ^ https://www.airpressonline.it/33516/33516/
  3. ^ https://www.trasporti-italia.com/focus/mbda-al-via-lo-sviluppo-del-nuovo-teseo/33323
  4. ^ redazione (3 October 2017). "Fincantieri: al via lavori secondo pattugliatore polivalente altura". Liguria Business Journal (in Italian). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (22 May 2020). "Fincantieri Launched the 2nd PPA 'Francesco Morosini' for the Italian Navy". Naval News. Retrieved 3 November 2020.