F-581 Carabiniere

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Alpino, [AGE].

Builder: C.N. del Tirreno, Riva Trigoso, Italy.

Launch date: 30 September 1967.

Commission date: 28 April 1968.

Decommission date: 19 November 2008.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.000 standard, 2.700 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 113,3 x 13,3 x 3,9

Main machinery: 4 x Tosi OTV-320 diesels ( 16.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 23.

Range ( miles ): 4.200 at 17 knots.

Complement: 163 ( 13 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Breda 76mm/62.

Missiles:  SAM: 8 x Sylver A43 VLS cells ( 8 x Aster-15 missiles ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes ( two triple ILAS-3 launchers ).

Radar: Air search: 1 x RCA SPS 12, D band, 120km range; Surface Search: 1 x AESN SPS 702(V)3, I band; Navigation: SMA SPN 748, I band; Fire control: 2 x AESN SPG 70 ( RTN 10X ), I/J bands ( gun ); 1 x AESN-Elsag SPY-790 EMPAR ( missiles ).

Sonar: Raytheon DE 1164, hull mounted and VDS, active search and attack modes, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Breda 105mm SCLAR launchers for chaff and illuminants; ESM/ECM: Selenia SLQ 747, interceptor and jammer.

Callsign: IADV ()

Comment: Ex - Climene. Former frigate, refitted to act as weapons trials ship. Reclassified as an auxiliary in 1993. Weapon information is from a period in which it was evaluating the use of the Aster-15 missile by the Navy..