F-566 Perseo

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Lupo, [FFG].

Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.

Launch date: 12 July 1978.

Commission date: 01 March 1980.

Decommission date: 2006.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.208 standard, 2.525 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 113,2 x 11,3 x 3,7

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x Fiat/GE LM2500 gas turbines ( 50.000 hp ); 2 x GMT BL 230.20 diesels ( 10.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 35 turbines, 21 diesels.

Range ( miles ): 4.350 at 16 knots on diesels.

Complement: 185 ( 16 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 127mm/54, 4 x Breda 40mm/70 ( two double mountings ). 2 x optional Oerlikon 20mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x OTO Melara Teseo Mk2 (TG 2); SAM: 1 x octuple Mk29 launcher for Sea Sparrow.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes, in two triple Mk32 mountings. Honeywell Mk 46.

Radar: Air: Selenia SPS-774 (RAN 10S), E/F bands, 155 km range; Surface: SMA SPS-702, I band; SMA SPQ-2F, I band; Navigation: SMA SPN-748, I band; Fire Control: Selenia SPG-70 (RTN 10X), I/J bands; 2 x Selenia SPG-74 (RTN 20X), I/J bands ; 1 x US Mk95 ( for SAM ), I band.

Sonar: Raytheon DE 1160B, hull mounted. Medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Breda SCLAR, for chaff. SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy; ESM: SLR-4 ( interceptor ); ECM: 2 x SLQ-D ( jammers ).

Helicopter: 1 x Augusta Bell 212 (ASW).

Callsign: IAPE ()

Comment: Sold to Perú, now serving as FM-57 Bolognesi.

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