Italian offshore patrol vessel Marcantonio Colonna

History
Italy
Name:	Marcantonio Colonna
Namesake:	Marcantonio Colonna
Ordered:	2014
Builder:	Fincantieri, Muggiano
Cost:	€3.9 billion
Laid down:	14 March 2019
Launched:	Expected, September 2021
Commissioned:	Expected, April 2024
Identification:	Pennant number: P433
Status:	Under construction
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 (6.171 long tons);
Length:	143 m (469 ft 2 in) LOA; 133 m (436 ft 4 in) LPP;
Beam:	16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draught:	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Depth:	5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	CODAG CC scheme; 1 × TAG General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4, 32,000 kW (43,000 hp); 2 × diesel engines MTU 20V 8000 M91L, 10,000 kW (13,000 hp) each; 4 x diesel engine generators M.A.N. GenSets 12V175D-MEM 1,640 kW (2,200 hp); 2 × electric engines, 1,350 kW (1,810 hp) each (reversible); 2 x diesel engine emergency generators; 1 × thruster, 550 kW (740 hp); 2 × shafts, driving controllable pitch propellers;
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;
Range:	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	173 beds (+ 30 on modular rear zone)
Crew:	PPA 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:	1 × Oto Melara 127/64 mm Vulcano with Automated Ammunition Handling System (AAHS); 1 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Strales Sovraponte Anti-aircraft gun; 2 × Oto Melara Oerlikon KBA B06, remote mounting; 2 x 8-cell DCNS SYLVER A70 VLS for 16 Aster 15, 30 or 30B1NT or Scalp Naval ; 8 × Teseo\Otomat Mk-2/E anti-ship and land attack missiles; 2 x triple WASS B-515/3 launcher for Black Arrow 324 mm torpedoes;
Aircraft carried:	2 × SH90 ; 1 × AW101;
Aviation facilities:	- double hangar; - flight deck 25.5 m (83 ft 8 in) x 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in);

Marcantonio Colonna (P433) is the fourth ship of Paolo Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessel.

Development and design

Italian Navy ordered the new MBDA TESEO MK/2E heavy-duty missile (TESEO "EVO"), a long-range anti-ship missilewith 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.[1][2][3]

Construction and career

Marcantonio Colonna was laid down on 14 March 2019 at Fincantieri Muggiano and expected to be launched in September 2021.[4] Expected to be commissioned in April 2024.

References

http://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phppag,3_id,2349.html
https://www.airpressonline.it/33516/33516/
https://www.trasporti-italia.com/focus/mbda-al-via-lo-sviluppo-del-nuovo-teseo/33323
"Italy starts construction of first fully-configured PPA ship". Naval Today. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

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[1] ttp://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phppag,3_id,2349.html

[2] ttps://www.airpressonline.it/33516/33516/

[3] ttps://www.trasporti-italia.com/focus/mbda-al-via-lo-sviluppo-del-nuovo-teseo/33323

[4] "Italy starts construction of first fully-configured PPA ship". Naval Today. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2020.