Italian offshore patrol vessel Paolo Thaon di Revel

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NamePaolo Thaon di Revel
Namesake Paolo Thaon di Revel
Ordered2014
Builder Fincantieri, Muggiano
Cost€3.9 billion for 7 units,including 10 years logistic support
Laid down9 May 2017
Launched15 June 2019
Acquired18 March 2022
Identification Pennant number: P430
StatusDelivered
General characteristics
Class and type Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement
  • light displacement: 4,880  t (4,800 long tons)
  • full displacement: 5,830 t (5,740 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 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, only X-band radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Elettronica-ELT Spa ZEUS System
  • RESM (Radar Electronic Support Counter-Measure)
  • RECM (Radar Electronic Counter-Measure)
  • CESM (Communication ESM)
  • 2 x Long Range Acoustic Device (Long Range Acoustic System) SITEP MS-424
  • FFBNW 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)

Paolo Thaon di Revel (P430) is the lead ship of the Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessels.

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Development and design

The ships were designed as a "multipurpose offshore patrol vessel". The first seven vessels are built with different configurations: a basic "light" variant for the patrol task, an enhanced configuration with better self-defence capacity and a "full" variant incorporating a much broader capability. [1] Paolo Thaon di Revel, as the lead ship of the class, is built in the "light" configuration.

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, date 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. [2] [3] [4]

Construction and career

Paolo Thaon di Revel was laid down on 9 May 2017 at Fincantieri Muggiano and launched on 15 June 2019. [5] [6] Expected to be commissioned in May 2021. [7] 15 November 2019, she underwent her first sea trial off the Gulf of La Spezia. [8] [9] The vessel was delivered to the Italian Navy in March, 2022. [1]

In August 2022, the ship, with one SH-90A helicopter embarked, operates as flagship of Operation AGENOR, the military pillar of the European-Led Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH), being deployed in the Gulf region, Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf of Oman, to promote the safe passage of merchant shipping in the region. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Fincantieri Delivers First PPA 'Thaon di Revel' to Italian Navy". 18 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Un nuovo TESEO land attack per la Marina – RID Portale Difesa". Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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  4. ↑ "Mbda, al via lo sviluppo del nuovo Teseo". 22 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Fincantieri | DRY DOCK WORKS START ON THE FIRST MULTIPURPOSE OFFSHORE PATROL SHIP". www.fincantieri.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Fincantieri | THE MULTIPURPOSE OFFSHORE PATROL SHIP "THAON DI REVEL" LAUNCHED IN MUGGIANO". www.fincantieri.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "PPA1 sails the waves of the Tyrrhenian Sea | OCCAR". www.occar.int. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "First sea trials for Paolo Thaon di Revel PPA multipurpose offshore ships built for Italian Navy". www.navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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  10. ↑ "Italian Navy FoC Thaon di Revel PPA joins EMASoH". 29 August 2022.
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