Italian offshore patrol vessel Giovanni delle Bande Nere

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Naval Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
NameGiovanni delle Bande Nere
Namesake Giovanni delle Bande Nere
Ordered2014
Builder Fincantieri, Muggiano
Cost€3.9 billion
Laid down28 August 2019
Launched12 February 2022
Commissioned2 October 2024 [1]
Identification Pennant number: P434
StatusSea trials [2]
General characteristics
Class and type Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement
  • light displacement: 4,994  t (4,915 long tons)
  • full displacement: 6,270 t (6,170 long tons)
Length
  • 143 m (469 ft 2 in) LOA
  • 133 m (436 ft 4 in) LPP
Beam16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draught10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Depth5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) only on TAG
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) only on 2 main diesel engines
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) only on 1 main diesel engine
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) on electric-diesel engine
Range5,000  nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement173 beds (+ 30 on modular rear zone)
CrewPPA Full 120 crew; PPA Light+ + 90; PPA Light 90; (add 24 crew for two helos on board and other 89/59 beds for optional boarding team, marines team, maritime command staffs, etc.)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica naval cockpit
  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica SADOC Mk4 CMS (Command Management System) with 28 MFC (20 on PPA Light version)
  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica SAAM-ESD, AAW system
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica LPI air and ground surveillance radar (SPS-732)
  • 2 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica navigation radar, X/Ka dual band radar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica static IRST (InfraRed Search and Track)
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica next generation IFF sensors (Identification Friend & Foe) with circular antenna
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica Diver Detection Sonar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica Fire Control System, ADT NG NA30S Mk2
  • 1 x dual-band SATCOM antenna
  • 1 x tri-band SATCOM antenna
  • 1 x SAT-TV antenna
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica AESA 3D Dual Band Radar, C and X-band radar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica ATAS (Active Towed Array Sonar), VDS sonar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica Black Snake, anti torpedo towed array sonar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica Underwater Telephone
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica Bathy Thermograph Unit
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Elettronica-ELT Spa ZEUS System
  • RESM (Radar Electronic Support Counter-Measure)
  • RECM (Radar Electronic Counter-Measure)
  • CESM (Communication ESM)
  • 2 x Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • - double hangar
  • - flight deck 25.5 m × 16.5 m (83 ft 8 in × 54 ft 2 in)

Giovanni delle Bande Nere (P434) is the fourth ship of the Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessels built for the Italian Navy.

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Development and design

The ship is the first full capability variant of the PPA design. Its armament will include 16 Aster 15 and Aster 30 surface-to-air missiles, Teseo anti-ship missiles, two triple launchers for MU90 torpedoes, a 127 mm and 76mm turret and two remotely operated 25 mm mounts. Sensors include an ATAS towed sonar for anti-submarine warfare and a Black Snake antenna for torpedo detection, as well as ODLS 20 decoy launchers with anti-missile and anti-torpedo countermeasures. Like other PPAs, the main radar is a Leonardo Kronos with four fixed panels. [3] [4] [5] [6]

The Italian Navy ordered the new MBDA TESEO MK/2E heavy-duty missile (TESEO "EVO"), a long-range anti-ship missile with also strategic land attack capability. The missile will have a new terminal "head" with dual RF seeker (Radio Frequency) and, presumably, given the need to even attack ground targets, IIR (Imaging IR). Compared to the predecessor OTOMAT/TESEO, the TESEO "EVO" MK/2E has a double range or more than 360 km. Former OTOMAT is accredited for a range of action of more than 180 km. [7] [8] [9]

Construction and career

Giovanni delle Bande Nere was laid down on 28 August 2019 at Fincantieri Muggiano and was launched on 12 February 2022. [10] The ship was reported on sea trials as of August 2022. [11] It was commissioned on 2nd October 2024. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fincantieri: consegnato a Muggiano il quarto PPA "Giovanni delle Bande Nere"". 2 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Marine italienne : Le premier PPA « Full » a débuté ses essais en mer | Mer et Marine". 25 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Marine italienne : Le premier PPA « Full » a débuté ses essais en mer | Mer et Marine". 25 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Lacroix Defense - Naval Solutions - Sylena Range".
  5. ↑ "Kronos Naval".
  6. ↑ "Active Towed Array System (Atas)".
  7. ↑ "Un nuovo TESEO land attack per la Marina - RID Portale Difesa". portaledifesa.it. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Mbda: le evoluzioni di Marte e Teseo al centro delle attività del sito di La Spezia". Airpress Online. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Mbda, al via lo sviluppo del nuovo Teseo". Trasporti-Italia.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Varato a Riva Trigoso il "Giovanni Delle Bande Nere", quarto PPA per la Marina". www.analisidifesa.it. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Marine italienne : Le premier PPA « Full » a débuté ses essais en mer | Mer et Marine". 25 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Fincantieri delivers the fourth PPA Giovanni delle Bande Nere". 5 October 2024.
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