Esploratore 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Esploratore | P405 | Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia | 4.11.1996 | 26.6.1997 | in service (2019) | ||
| Sentinella | P406 | Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia | 13.11.1997 | 10.7.1998 | in service (2019) | ||
| Vedetta | P407 | Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia | 11.1.1997 | 29.7.1999 | in service (2019) | ||
| Staffetta | P408 | Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia | 12.1.2001 | 23.3.2006 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
117 |
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Displacement full, t |
165 |
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Length, m |
34.7 pp 37.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.06 wl 7.50 oa |
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Draught, m |
1.90 hull 2.30 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Isotta-Fraschini M1712 T2 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
3800 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90 |
| Electronic equipment | 2x SPN-753 radars, Medusa e/o detector |
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Complement |
15 |
Project history: First three (with an option for a fourth) were approved in the 1996 budget to replace the converted US Adjutant-class minesweepers used in UN patrol service in the Red Sea; P408 was ordered in 1998.
Modernizations: late 2010s, all: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80
Naval service: No significant events.
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