P-490 Comandante Cigala Fulgosi

Country: Italy

Class, [Type]: Cigala Fulgosi, [PS].

Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.

Launch date: 25th June 1999.

Commission date: 31st July 2001.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.520.

Dimensions ( metres ): 88,6 x 10,2 x 3,37

Main machinery: 2 x Wärtsilä NSD- W18-V-26 XN diesel ( 17.700 hp ), 2 x shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 25.

Range ( miles ): 3.500 at 14 knots.

Complement: 83 ( 9 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Breda 76mm/62, 2 x OTO Breda-Oerlikon KBA 25mm/80, 2 x MG 42/59 7,62mm.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x SPN-753G(V)10, I band; Surface/Air Search: 1 x Selex SPS-791(V) RASS (RAN-30X/I), 2D; Fire Control: 1 x Selex ES JANUS-N IRST.

Countermeasures: ESM/ECM: Elettronica Spa SLQ-747.

Helicopter: 1 x AB-212 ASW/NH-90 NFH, 1 x General Defence Revolution VTOL drone.

Callsign: IABE ()

Comment: Retractable hangar. Carries 2 x RHIB (Zodiak Milpro Hurricane: 7m x 2,6m, 30knots, 12 x passengers), named Shark and Dolphin. All ships in the class named after WW2 destroyer commanders of the Italian Navy awarded with the Gold Medal of Military Valor.