LAUNCHED
SEVENTH FRIGATE multirole "FEDERICO MARTINENGO" continued the
Italian-French FREMM program
Trieste,
March 4, 2017 - was held today at the plant in Riva Trigoso (Genova) the
launching ceremony of the frigate "Federico Martinengo" , the seventh
in a series of 10 FREMM units - European Multi-Mission Frigates, commissioned
from Fincantieri by the Italian Navy Italian in the framework of the
French-Italian international cooperation, with the coordination of OCCAR, the
joint organization for European cooperation in the field of armaments.
Godmother to
the ship was Mrs. Mina De Caro, widow of Joseph Porcelli, commander of the
frigate "Scirocco", who died in 1997 during operational activity
conducted as part of the NATO naval force in the Mediterranean.
The ceremony
was attended, among others, in January Claudio Graziano , Chief of Staff of
Defence, Adm. Team Valter Girardelli, Chief of Staff of the Navy, Giovanni Toti
, President of the Liguria Region and Giuseppe Bono , Am the CEO Fincantieri.
Following the
launch, the unit will continue its construction activities at the Integrated
Military Naval Shipyard in Muggiano site, in La Spezia, and will be delivered
in early 2018. Ship "Federico Martinengo" will feature, like the
others, from high operational flexibility and will have the ability to operate
in all tactical situations. It has a length of 144 meters, a width of 19.7
meters and a full load displacement of about 6,700 tons. It can reach a speed
of over 27 knots with a maximum capacity of transported staff of 200 people.
The FREMM
program, which represents the state of the art of Italian and European defense,
is born from the renewal of the line of the Navy units of the Lupo class
(already radiated) and Mistral (close to reaching the operating life limit)
built by Fincantieri in the seventies.
During 2013
were delivered "Carlo Bergamini" and "Virginio Fasan", in
2014 "Carlo Margottini", in 2015 "policeman", while in 2016
was the "Alpine" again. By exercising the option, in April 2015, for the
construction of the ninth and tenth units, whose delivery is expected after
2020, it has been fully implemented at the Italian program.
The
initiative sees the participation as a prime contractor for Italy of Horizon
Sistemi Navali (51% Fincantieri, 49% Finmeccanica) and for France Armaris (DCNS
+ Thales).
This
cooperation has capitalized on the positive experience of the previous
Italo-French program "Horizon" that led to the construction of two
destroyers for the Italian Navy, l ' "Andrea Doria" and "Caio
Duilio".
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The “Federico
Martinengo” frigate is the seventh of a series of 10 FREMM vessels for the
Italian Navy. Image: navyrecognition.com
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