Italian Navy / Marina Militare Italiana - Corvette

F 542  -  ITS Aquila

 

 

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f 542 its aquila albatros class corvette italian navy ex hnlms lynx f 823 marina militare italiana

Type, Class:

 

Corvette; Albatros class

Builder:

 

Cantieri Navale Breda di Marghera, Venice, Italy

STATUS:

 

Laid down:

Launched: July 31, 1954

Commissioned: October 2, 1956 (as HNLMS Lynx / F 823)

transferred to Italy: October 18, 1961

renamed ITS Aquila (F 542)

Decommissioned: 1991

Homeport:

 

-

Namesake:

 

Aquila - Italian for Eagle

Ship’s motto:

 

ALARUM VERBERA NOSCE

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Albatros - class Corvette

 

ship images

 

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f 542 aquila ex hnlms lynx f 823 corvette italian navy

as HNLMS Lynx (F 823)

 

 

F 542 ITS Aquila:

 

originally built as HNLMS Lynx (F 823) for the Royal Netherlands Navy. Transferred to Italy in 1961.

 

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