Minerva class Corvette Italian Navy Marina Militare MMI

Italian Navy - Marina Militare Italiana
Minerva class Corvette

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10/22

Ships:

Serie 1
F 551 ITS Minerva
F 552 ITS Urania
F 553 ITS Danaide
F 554 ITS Sfinge

Serie 2
F 555 ITS Driade
F 556 ITS Chimera
F 557 ITS Fenice
F 558 ITS Sibilla

Specifications:

Displacement: 1285 tons (full load)
Length: 87 meters (285 feet 5 inches)
Beam: 10.5 meters (34 ft 5 in)
Draft: 3.2 - 4.8 meters (10 ft 6 in - 15 ft 9 in)
Depth: 5.5 m (18 ft)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 3500 NM (6500 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement: 120

Propulsion:
2 x Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM diesel engines (11000 hp / 8200 kW)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:

1 x Oto Melara 76/62 compact gun
2 x Oto-Melara/Oerlikon KBA 25/80 machine gun systems (addded later on some units)
1 x Albatros Mk.2 missile launching system for Aspide SAM
2 x WASS B515/3 12.75” (324mm) triple torpedo tubes for Mk.46 or A244 lightweight torpedoes (removed later)

Aviation:
none

Systems:
SPS-774 (RAN-10S) surface and air surveillance radar
SPS-728 navigation radar
SPG-75 (RTN-30X) fire control radar (for Aspide SAM and gun)
DE-1167 hull mounted sonar
CMS Selenia IPN-10 Mini-SADOC combat system
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
Selenia SLQ-747 (INS-3) ESM/ECM system
Barricade chaff/decoy launchers

Electric plant:
4 x Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-12V diesel generators (2600 kW / 3487 hp)
with Ansaldo MXR 400 M6Z electric generators

The Minerva class was a series of corvettes of the Italian Navy. They were built in two batches of four units during the 1980s and 1990s. The ships have fairly good speed and armament, including a 76/62 general-purpose gun, but, due to their emphasis on anti-submarine warfare, they lack anti-ship missile capabilities. These units are designed to operate in coastal areas. Their main missions include sea policing, patrol, fisheries protection, and naval commando training. Four ships of this class are now active with Bangladesh Coast Guard as offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).

class + detail images
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F 551 ITS Minerva

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F 552 ITS Urania

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F 553 ITS Danaide

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F 554 ITS Sfinge

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F 555 ITS Driade

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F 556 ITS Chimera

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F 557 ITS Fenice

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F 558 ITS Sibilla

ARMAMENT + DETAILS

minerva class corvette italian navy marina militare aspide sam missile oto melara 76/62 gun kba 25/80

minerva class corvette italian navy marina militare albatros aspide sam missile oto melara 76/62 kba 25/80 machine gun b515/3 torpedo

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8-cell Albatros missile launcher and MM/SPG-76 (RTN-30X) fire control radar

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minerva class corvette italian navy marina militare oto melara 76/62 compact gun 22c

Oto Melara 76/62 compact gun (3-inches / 76 mm / 62-caliber)

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Oto Melara/Oerlikon KBA 25/80 machine gun system

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