 Cigno at sea, 1959
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| History | |
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| Name | Cigno |
| Namesake | Cygnus |
| Builder | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto |
| Laid down | 10 February 1954 |
| Launched | 20 March 1955 |
| Commissioned | 7 March 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 31 October 1983 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Centauro-class 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 |
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Cigno was one of four Centauro-class frigates built for the Italian Navy in the 1950s.