F-556 Chimera

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Minerva, [PF].

Builder: Fincantieri, Muggiano, Italy.

Launch date: 04 July 1990.

Commission date: 15 January 1991.

Decommission date: 25 September 2019.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.285 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 86,6 x 10,5 x 3,2

Main machinery: 2 x Wärtsilä NSD BM230-20DVM diesels ( 11.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 24.

Range ( miles ): 3.500 at 18 knots.

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Compact.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 or 6 OTO Melara Teseo Otomat ( not usually carried ); SAM: 1 x Selenia Elsag Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes, in two Whitehead B515 triple mountings. Honeywell Mk 46.

Radar: Air/Surface: Selenia SPS-774 (RAN 10S); Navigation: SMA SPN-728(V)2; Fire Control: Selenia SPG-76 (RTN 30X).

Sonar: Raytheon/Elsag DE 1167, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Wallop Barricade double layer launchers. SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy.

Callsign: IAOF ()

Homeport: Augusta.

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