Sunday, August 19, 2012

Minerva class corvette General characteristics


The Minerva class is a series of corvettes of the Italian Marina Militare.

They were built in two series of four units in the 1980s and 1990s. The ships have fairly good speed and armament, including a 76mm general-purpose gun, but, due to their emphasis on anti-submarine warfare, they lack anti-missile capabilities.

These units are designed to operate in coastal areas. Their main missions include sea police, patrolling, policing fishing areas and training naval commandos.

Type: corvette

Displacement: 1285 tonnes

Length: 87 m

Beam: 10.5 m

Draught: 3.2 (4.8) m

Propulsion: 2 Diesel Grandi Motori Trieste BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11.000 HP (8.088 kW)

Speed: 25 knots

Range: 3,500 nm at 18 knots

Complement: 7 officers, 113 men

Sensors and
processing systems: AA/ASu-Radar Selenia SPS-774 (RAN 10S) E/F Band 1 SMA SPS-728 Navigation radar
Sonar: Raytheon/Elsag DE-1167

Electronic
warfare and decoys: Fire control: 1 Selenia SPG-75 (RTN 30X) for Albatros and 76mm
Communication: IPN-10 (Mini-SADOC), Link 11

Armament: 
  • 1 Oto-Malera 76 mm
  • Sea Sparrow or Selenia Aspide in a 8-cell launcher
  • 6 × 324mm TLS ASW torpedoes
  • 4 heavy machine guns 

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