Italian offshore patrol vessel Ruggiero di Lauria

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Naval Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
NameRuggiero di Lauria
Namesake Roger of Lauria
Ordered2014
Builder Fincantieri, Muggiano
Cost€500 million per unit
Laid down7 April 2021
Launched10 October 2023
Identification Pennant number: P435
StatusFitting out
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 staff, 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 C-band radar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica ATAS (Active Towed Array Sonar), VDS sonar
  • 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)

Ruggiero di Lauria (P435) is the sixth ship of the Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessels built for the Italian Navy.

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Construction and career

The construction was started with the first steel cutting ceremony on 7 April 2021 at Fincantieri Muggiano. [1] Ruggiero di Lauria was launched on 10 October 2023. [2] .

Ruggiero di Lauria is one of the two Thaon di Revel-class vessels sold to the Indonesian Navy in a 1.18 billion Euro contract, which was signed on 28 March 2024. [3] The ship is to be renamed as KRI Brawijaya (320) once it entered service with the Indonesian Navy. [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "PPA6 First Steel Cutting Ceremony". OCCAR.int. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. ↑ Bahtić, Fatima (10 October 2023). "Fincantieri launches sixth PPA offshore patrol ship for Italian Navy". navaltoday.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. ↑ Peruzzi, Luca (5 April 2024). "New Details on Fincantieri's 'PPA frigates' programme for Indonesia". Naval News. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Cavanna, Giacomo (19 December 2024). "Cambio di nome per i Pattugliatori Polivalenti d'Altura (PPA) destinati all'Indonesia". Ares Osservatorio Difesa (in Italian). Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Rahmat, Ridzwan (4 November 2024). "Indonesia secures facility to fund acquisition of Italian PPAs" . Janes.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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