Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessel

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Second ship of the class, Francesco Morosini (P431) in Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA) 2023 in Malaysia.
Class overview
NameThaon di Revel class
Builders Fincantieri, Muggiano and Riva Trigoso (La Spezia) [1]
Operators
Preceded by
Cost
  • € 3.9 billion for 7 units
  • € 557 million per unit
Built2016–present
In commission2021–present
Planned10
Building4
Completed3
Active2
General characteristics
Type Offshore patrol vessel/frigate
Displacement
  • PPA Full: light displacement: 4,994  t (4,915 long tons); full load displacement 6,270 t (6,170 long tons) [2]
  • PPA Light+: light displacement: 4,912 t (4,834 long tons); full load displacement 5,880 t (5,790 long tons)
  • PA Light: light displacement: 4,880 t (4,800 long tons); full load 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
  • - 31.6 knots (58.5 km/h; 36.4 mph) on CODAG [8]
  • 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
  • all data refers to PPA Full version
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
  • [9]
  • Leonardo naval cockpit
  • Leonardo SADOC Mk4 CMS (Command Management System) with 28 MFC (20 on PPA Light version)
  • Leonardo SAAM-ESD, AAW system
  • 1 × Leonardo LPI air and ground surveillance radar (SPS-732)
  • 2 × Leonardo navigation radar, X/Ka dual band radar
  • 1 × Leonardo static IRST (InfraRed Search and Track)
  • 1 × Leonardo next generation IFF sensors (Identification Friend & Foe) with circular antenna
  • 1 × Leonardo Diver Detection Sonar
  • 1 × Leonardo Fire Control System, ADT NG NA30S Mk2
  • 1 × dual-band SATCOM antenna
  • 1 × tri-band SATCOM antenna
  • 1 × SAT-TV antenna
  • PPA Full: Leonardo AESA 3D Dual Band Radar, C and X-band radar
  • Leonardo ATAS (Active Towed Array Sonar), VDS [10]
  • Leonardo Black Snake, anti torpedo towed array sonar
  • Leonardo Underwater Telephone
  • Leonardo Bathy Thermograph Unit
  • PPA Light+: Leonardo AESA 3D Dual Band Radar, only C-band radar
  • PPA Light: Leonardo AESA 3D Dual Band Radar, only X-band radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Elettronica-ELT Spa ZEUS System: [11] RESM (Radar Electronic Support Counter-Measure), RECM (Radar Electronic Counter-Measure) and CESM (Communication ESM)
  • 2 × Long Range Acoustic System SITEP MS-424
  • PPA Full: 2 × Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers
  • PPA Light+ and Light: FFBNW 2 × Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers
Armament
  • Guns:
  • 1 × Oto Melara 127 mm/64 Vulcano with Automated Ammunition Handling System (AAHS)
  • 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm/62 Strales Sovraponte anti-aircraft gun
  • 2 × Oto Melara Oerlikon KBA B06, remote mounting
  • Anti-air missiles:
  • PPA Full and Light+: 2 × 8-cell DCNS SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 Aster 30 Block 1NT
  • PPA Light: Fitted For But Not With (FFBNW) 2 × 8-cell DCNS SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 Aster 30 Block 1NT [12]
  • Anti-ship missiles:
  • PPA Full, Light+ and Light: Fitted For But Not With (FFBNW) 8 × Teseo\Otomat MK2/E anti-ship and land attack missiles
  • Anti-submarine warfare:
  • PPA Full: 2 × triple WASS B-515/3 launcher for Black Arrow 324 mm torpedoes
  • PPA Light+ and Light: Fitted For But Not With (FFBNW) 2 × triple WASS B-515/3 launcher for Black Arrow 324 mm torpedoes
Aircraft carried2 × SH90 or 1 × AW101
Aviation facilities
  • - double hangar
  • flight deck 25.5 m × 16.5 m (83 ft 8 in × 54 ft 2 in)
Notes
  • - stern ramp for RHIB over 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
  • - 2 × 10 t (9.8 long tons) side davits, for movement of RHIB over 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
  • - 1 × 20 t (20 long tons) crane, for movement of ISO1C containers
  • - up to 5 × ISO1C containers or up to 3 × RHIB over 11 m (36 ft 1 in) in mission bay under flight deck
  • - up to 8 × ISO1C containers or up to 2 × RHIB over 11 m (36 ft 1 in) on middle ship bay

The Thaon di Revel class (also known as PPA for 'Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura - Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vessel') is a class of multipurpose offshore ships built by Fincantieri for the Italian Navy. [13]
It is planned to replace four Soldati-class light patrol frigates and eight Minerva-class corvettes between 2021/2035. As part of the 2014 Naval Law, a total of sixteen ships are planned and as of 2019 seven vessels have been financed with three more on option. [14] [15]

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The class, designed with a high level of modularity and automation, will be delivered in a full, a light+ and a light configuration in terms of different sensors and equipments embarked and can perform multiple functions, ranging from patrol with sea rescue capacity to civil protection operations and, in its most highly equipped version, first line fighting vessel. [16]

According to RID, 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. [17] [18] [19] [20]

The Light configuration has only gun armament. The Light+ and Full options also mount Aster anti-aircraft missiles and torpedoes. All configuration have the option to mount TESEO "EVO" MK2/E anti-ship missile launchers.

During the launching ceremony of Marcantonio Colonna on 26 November 2022, Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy Admiral Enrico Credendino announced that the two 'Light' configuration ships - Paolo Thaon di Revel and Francesco Morosini - would be refit into the 'Full' configuration. Thus the class would feature a total of four 'Full' ships and three 'Light+'. [21]

Ships

Italics indicate estimated dates

Naval Ensign of Italy.svg  Italian Navy - Thaon di Revel class
Name Pennant
number 		Hull
number		Sub-classLaid downLaunchedCommissionedNotes
Paolo Thaon di Revel P4306261Light / refit to Full9 May 2017 [22] 15 June 2019 [23] 18 March 2022First steel cut, 2 December 2016 [24] [25]
Francesco Morosini P4316262Light / refit to Full16 February 2018 [26] 22 May 2020 [27] 22 October 2022 [28]
Raimondo Montecuccoli P4326263Light+8 November 2018 [29] 13 March 202127 September 2023Sea trials as of fall 2021 [30]
Giovanni delle Bande Nere P4346264Full28 August 201912 February 2022April 2024Sea trials as of summer 2022 [31]
Marcantonio Colonna P4336265Light+3 September 202026 November 2022 [32] October 2024Sea trials as of summer 2023. [33] To be transferred to the Indonesian Navy. [34]
Ruggiero di Lauria P4356266Light+7 April 202110 October 2023 [35] August 2025To be transferred to the Indonesian Navy. [34]
Domenico Millelire P4366267 [36] FullApril 2022June 2024August 2026


Potential exports

Italy's latest proposal for the Hellenic Navy contains four Doha-class corvettes, a type designed for the Qatari Emiri Navy, and two Thaon di Revel-class multipurpose offshore ships. [37] As of June 2022, the Hellenic Navy's focus seems to be on the Gowind class (French proposal) and the Doha class (Italian proposal).

In October 2023, Italy plans to export two ships to Indonesia. The ships to be sold would be among those that already being built for the Italian navy in order to accelerate delivery. Transfer of technology and know-how would also included in the deal. [38] In March 2024, Fincantieri and the Indonesian Ministry of Defence have signed a 1.18-billion-euro contract for the supply of two PPA Units. [39]

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