Comandanti-class patrol vessel

2004 class of Italian patrol boats

Comandante Foscari in the Mediterranean Sea in 2010

Class overview
Name| Comandanti class
Builders| Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso (La Spezia)
Operators|  Italian Navy
Preceded by| Nibbio hydrofoils
Cost|

* €362 million for 4 vessels (FY 2000)
* €90.5 million per unit (FY 2000)

In commission| 2004
Planned| 4
Completed| 4
Active| 4
General characteristics
Type| Patrol vessel
Displacement| 1,520 t (1,500 long tons), full load
Length|

* 88.6 m (291 ft) LOA
* 80.0 m (262.5 ft) LPP.[1]

Beam| 12.2 m (40 ft)
Draught| 3.37 m (11.1 ft)
Propulsion|

* \- CODAD scheme
* \- 2 shaft and 2 propellers with variable-pitch
* \- 2 x rudders
* \- 2 x active-fin stabilizers
* \- 2 x diesel engines Wärtsilä-NSD W18-V-26 XN (6,480 kW (8,690 hp) each)
* \- 3 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini V1712-T2-M2, 900 kW (1,200 hp) each, with 3 Magneti Marelli M7R500SA4 (1125 kVA)

Speed| 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range| 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement| 70
Sensors &
processing systems|

* 1 x Selex ES RAN-30X/I (RASS) - MM/SPS-791 - multi-mode radar operating at X band, search radar with over-the-horizon (OTH) detection mode
* 2 x navigation radar GEM Elettronica SPN-753 (since 2012, GEM Elettronica Gemini-DB, X/Ku dual band radar)
* 1 x Selex ES NA-25 (Dardo-F) fire control system with Selex ES RTN-25X, X-band radar
* since 2012, Selex ES JANUS-N IRST system
* Selex ES CMS
* Elmer Integrated Communication System
* since 2012, Leonardo-FinmeccanicaTDL M-DLP link 11/16/22

Electronic warfare
& decoys| Elettronica Spa ESM/ECM SLQ-747 system
Armament|

* 1 x Oto Melara 76/62 mm SR (Super Rapido) gun
* 2 x OTO Melara 25/80 guns with Oerlikon KBA 25mm

Aircraft carried| 1×SH-90A helicopter
Aviation facilities| retractable hangar for SH-90A class helicopter
Notes| 2 x RHIB Stemar

The Comandanti class of patrol vessels[2] consists of four units operated by the Italian Navy, named as Nuove Unità Minori Combattenti (NUMC) [3]

Comandante Foscari berthed in Augusta (Siracusa)

## Features

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The construction of these units used hull and superstructure built with stealth features. The NUMC (Comandanti class) and Nuove Unità di Pattugliamento d'Altura, NUPA (Sirio class) share logistics, interoperability, features of the combat system and integrated telecommunications systems.

## Ships

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These units operate in conjunction with NUMA of COMFORPAT, the Forces Command patrol for surveillance and Coastal Defence and have their operational base in Augusta. They serve as coastal patrol and traffic control, cargo and surveillance in immigration control.
Comandante Foscari is used for trials on new versions of Oto Melara 76/62 mm Strales/Davide gun:

* October 2004: new stealth shield for gun;
* November 2009: to La Spezia beginning “DAVIDE/DART” program trials, with boarding of the Oto Melara 76/62 mm Strales/Davide prototype.

Italian Navy \- Comandanti class

Name  | Pennant
number | Hull
number  | Laid down  | Launched  | Completed  | Commissioned  | Motto
Comandante Cigala Fulgosi | P 490  | 6061[4] | 25 June 1999  | 7 October 2000  | 31 July 2001  | 31 January 2004  | Virtutis Fortuna Comes
Comandante Borsini | P 491  | 6062  | 21 July 1999  | 17 February 2001  | 3 December 2001  | 31 January 2004  | Vincit Amor Patria
Comandante Bettica | P 492  | 6063  | 1 March 2000  | 26 June 2001  | 4 April 2002  | 31 January 2004  | Con ardire e con tenacia
Comandante Foscari | P 493  | 6064  | 1 September 2000  | 24 November 2000  | 2 August 2002  | 31 January 2004  | idem animus eadem voluntas

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Comandanti class patrol boat.

1. ^ "Corvette". Fincantieri.it. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
2. ^ "Pattugliatori d'altura - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
3. ^ "Commandante Class Patrol Ships". Naval Technology. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
4. ^ "Reference List (Navy)" (PDF). Pompegarbarino.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

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