Alpino-class frigate

Carabiniere (F 581)
Class overview
NameAlpino class
BuildersCantieri Navali Riuniti (CNR)
Operators Italian Navy
Preceded byBergamini class
Succeeded byLupo class
In service1963–68
In commission1968–97
Planned4
Completed2
Cancelled2
Retired2
General characteristics [1]
TypeFrigate
Displacement
  • Standard: 2,000 long tons (2,032 t)
  • Full load: 2,700 long tons (2,743 t)
Length113.30 m (371 ft 9 in)
Beam13.10 m (43 ft 0 in)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) with gas turbines
  • 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) with diesels only
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (diesels)
Complement263
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar:
  • SPS-12 Search
  • SPQ-2 air/surface search/navigation
  • RTN-30X, RTN-10X fire control
  • Sonar:
  • SQS-43 hull sonar
  • SQA-10 VDS
Electronic warfare
& decoys
SLQ-D ECM system
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × AB-204[2] or AB-212ASW[3] helicopters
Aviation facilitiesTelescopic hangar for 2 medium helicopters.

The Alpino class were a group of two frigates built for the Italian Navy during the Cold War.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference conways47 p210 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Blackman 1971, p. 187.
  3. ^ Moore 1985, p. 273.