Eugenio´s Warships - F-577 Zeffiro

Country: Italy Italy

Class, [Type]: Maestrale, [FFG].

Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.

Launch date: 19 May 1984.

Commission date: 04 May 1985.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.700 standard, 3.200 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 122,7 x 12,9 x 4,6

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x Fiat/GE LM2500 gas turbines ( 50.000 hp ); 2 x GMT BL 230.20 DVM diesels ( 12.600 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 33 gas, 21 diesel.

Range ( miles ): 1.500 at 30 knots, 3.800 at 22 knots, 6.000 at 16 knots.

Complement: 232 ( 24 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 127mm/54 automatic, 4 x 40mm/70 Breda ( two double mountings ). 2 x Oerlikon 20mm ( Gulf deployments in 1990-1991 ).

Missiles: SSM: 4 x OTO Melara Teseo Mk2 (TG 2); SAM: 1 x Selenia Albatros octuple launcher for Aspide ( 24 missiles ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes, in two triple Mk32 mountings. Honeywell Mk 46; 2 x 533mm tubes. Whitehead A184.

Radar: Air: Selenia SPS-774 (RAN 10S), E/F bands, 155km range; Surface: SMA SPS-702, I band; Navigation: SMA SPN-703, I band; Fire Control: Selenia SPG-75 (RTN 30X), I/J bands, for Albatros; 2 x Selenia SPG-74 (RTN 20X), I/J bands, for Dardo.

Sonar: Raytheon DE 1164, hull mounted. VDS. Active/Passive attack modes. Medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x 105mm Breda SCLAR, for chaff. SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy. Prairie Masker noise suppresion system; ESM: SLR-4 ( intercept ); ECM: 2 x SLQ-D ( jammers ).

Helicopter: 2 x Augusta Bell 212 (ASW).

Callsign: IAEF ( India Alfa Echo Foxtrot )