Centauro-class frigate

Centauro at sea, 1958
Class overview
Name	Centauro
Builders	Tosi Shipyard, Taranto Orlando Shipyard, Livorno
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Aldebaran class
Succeeded by	Bergamini class
Built	1952–1956
In commission	1957–1985
Planned	4
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Frigate
Displacement	2,120 t (2,090 long tons) (deep load)
Length	103.1 m (338 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power	2 × water-tube boilers 22,000 shp (16,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	207
Sensors and processing systems	MTLA-1 early-warning radar MLT-4 gunnery radar SQS-11A sonar
Armament	2 × twin 76 mm (3 in) DP guns 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 2 × single 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 1 × triple 305 mm (12 in) ASW mortar 4 × single short-barrelled ASW mortars 1 × single depth charge rail

The Centauro class consisted of four frigates built for the Italian Navy during the 1950s. They entered service in 1957, with the last one being stricken in 1985.