Lerici-class minehunter

Crotone – ninth ship of the Lerici class
Class overview
Name	Lerici class
Builders	Intermarine SpA
Operators	Marina Militare  Algerian National Navy  Royal Australian Navy  Finnish Navy  Royal Malaysian Navy  Nigerian Navy  Republic of China Navy  Royal Thai Navy  United States Navy
Subclasses	Subclasses: Lerici class Second Series Lerici class or Gaeta class Export derivatives: Mahamiru class (Malaysia and Nigeria) Osprey class (United States) Huon class (Australia) Lat Ya class (Thailand) Katanpää class (Finland)
Built	1985–1997 (Italian-operated vessels)
Planned	5 (Taiwan)
Building	2 (Algeria) 1 (Taiwan)
Completed	12 (Italy) 1 (Algeria) 3 (Finland) 4 (Malaysia) 2 (Nigeria) 12 (USA) 6 (Australia) 2 (Thailand)
Cancelled	6 (Thailand)
General characteristics for Lerici class
Type	Minehunter
Displacement	- 635 t (625 long tons) full load - 503 t (495 long tons) light
Length	49.98 m (164 ft 0 in)
Beam	9.56 m (31 ft 4 in)
Draught	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	- (Italian Lerici): 1 × diesel engine Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BL-230.8M, 1,089 kW (1,460 bhp), driving a single variable pitch propeller - (Italian Lerici): 3 × active rudders by 3 diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS 6V
Speed	- 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) maximum speed - 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) minehunting speed
Range	1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 remote-operated mine-clearance vehicles
Complement	47: 4 officers, 7 clearance divers, 36 ratings
Sensors and processing systems	VDS FIAR SQQ-14 (IT) sonar
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun or 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
General characteristics for Gaeta class
Displacement	697 tons full load
Length	52.5 m (172 ft 3 in)
Armament	2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Notes	All other characteristics as above are taken from:[1]

The Lerici class is a class of minehunters constructed by Intermarine SpA and owned and operated by the Italian Navy. The class incorporates two subclasses: the first four ships are referred to specifically as the first series of the Lerici class, while eight more ships produced to a slightly modified design are known as "second series Lericis" or as the Gaeta class.

The class design has also been used as the basis for ships of the Royal Malaysian Navy (as the Mahamiru class), the Nigerian Navy, the United States Navy (as the Osprey class), the Royal Australian Navy (as the Huon class), and the Royal Thai Navy (as the Lat Ya class). Three updated vessels were constructed for the Finnish Navy (the Katanpää class). The Republic of Korea Navy operates an unlicensed derivative, known as the Ganggyeong class.