F-582 Artigliere

Country:  Italy

Class, [Type]: Soldati, [FFG].

Builder: Fincantieri, Ancona, Italy.

Launch date: 27 July 1983.

Commission date: 05 July 1996.

Decommission date: 29 September 2013.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.213 standard, 2.525 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 113,2 x 11,3 x 3,94

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x Fiat/GE LM2500 gas turbines ( 50.000 hp ); 2 x Wärtsilä NSD A230-20M diesels ( 7.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 35 turbines, 21 diesels.

Range ( miles ): 900 at 35 knots on gas turbines, 3.450 at 20.5 knots on diesels, 5.300 at 16 knots on diesels.

Complement: 187 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 127mm/54, 2 x OTO Breda Dardo 40mm/70 ( two double mountings ), 2 x Oerlikon Mk10 20mm/70.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x OTO Melara Teseo Mk2 (TG 2); SAM: 1 x Albatros sytem ( 8 x Aspide missiles ).

Radar: Air: 1 x AESN SPS-774 (RAN 10S), E/F bands, 155 km range; Surface: 1 x AESN SPS-712 (RAN-12L/X); Navigation: SMA SPN-703, I band; Fire Control: 1 x AESN SPG-73 (RTN 10X), I/J bands; 2 x AESN SPG-74 (RTN 20X), I/J bands.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Breda SCLAR, for chaff. SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy; EW: AESN SLQ-747.

Helicopter: 1 x Augusta Bell 212 (ASW).

Callsign: IAEP ()

Comment: Ex - Hitteen ( F 14 ). Ordered by Iraq in February 1981. The ship, along with her other three sisters were incorporated to the Italian navy in 1992.

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 F584 Bersagliere
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