D-561 Francesco Mimbelli

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: de la Penne, [DDG].

Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.

Launch date: 13 April 1994.

Commission date: 11 December 1993.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.500 standard, 5.400 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 147,7 x 16,1 x 5,1

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x GE/Fiat LM-2500 gas turbines ( 55.000 hp ), 2 x Wärtsilä NSD BL230-20DVM diesels ( 12.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 31,5 (21 on diesels).

Range ( miles ): 7.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 345 ( 32 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Breda127mm/54, 3 x OTO Breda SuperRapid 76mm/62.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x Teseo Mk1 and Mk2; SAM: 1 x Mk13 Mod4 launcher ( 40 x Standard SM-1 MR missiles), 1 x Albatros launcher (16 x Aspide missiles).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes.

Radar: Surface Search: 1 x SPS-702; Surface/Air search: 1 x SPS-774 (RAN-10S), 1 x SPS-768 (RAN-3L) early warning; Air search: 1 x Hughes SPS-52C 3-D; Navigation: 1 x SPN-748,1 x SPN-703; Fire control: 2 x Raytheon SPG-51D (SAM), 4 x SPG-76 (RTN-30X).

Sonar: AESN-Raytheon DE 1164LF hull-mounted, AESN-Raytheon DE 1167LF integrated VDS.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Matra Défense Sagaie, SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy; ECM: Elettronica SLQ-732 Nettuno ( intercept ), Elettronica SLC 705 ( jammers ).

Helicopter: 2 x AB 212 ASW.

Callsign: IAFM ()

Comment: Ex - Ardimentoso.

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 D560 Luigi Durand de la Penne