Minerva 2000
Urania 2005
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Minerva | F551 | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso | 11.3.1985 | 25.3.1986 | 10.6.1987 | stricken 9.2012, to Bangladesh (সায়েদ নজরুল [Syed Nazrul]) | |
| Urania | F552 | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso | 11.3.1985 | 21.6.1986 | 10.6.1987 | stricken 3.2016, to Bangladesh (মানসুর আলী [Mansoor Ali]) | |
| Danaide | F553 | Fincantieri, Muggiano | 26.5.1985 | 18.10.1986 | 13.2.1988 | stricken 3.2016, to Bangladesh (কামরুজ্জামান [Kamruzzaman]) | |
| Sfinge | F554 | Fincantieri, Muggiano | 26.5.1985 | 16.5.1987 | 13.2.1988 | stricken 5.2017 | |
| Driade | F555 | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso | 18.3.1988 | 12.3.1989 | 7.9.1991 | stricken 7.2018 | |
| Chimera | F556 | Fincantieri, Muggiano | 21.12.1988 | 4.7.1990 | 15.1.1991 | in service (2019) | |
| Fenice | F557 | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso | 6.9.1988 | 4.12.1990 | 11.9.1990 | stricken 5.2017 | |
| Sibilla | F558 | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso | 16.10.1989 | 15.2.1990 | 16.5.1991 | stricken 9.2012, to Bangladesh (তাজউদ্দীন [Tajuddin]) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1030 |
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Displacement full, t |
1285 |
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Length, m |
80.0 pp 86.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.5 |
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Draught, m |
3.16 hull 4.80 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 GMT B230-20DVM diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
11000 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(18) |
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Armament |
1 x 8 Albatros SAM (8 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT |
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Electronic equipment |
SPN-728, SPS-774, SPG-76 radars, Pegaso NA-16 e/o director, DE-1167 sonar, SLQ-747 ECM suite, 2x type 207E Super Barricade decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SADOC-2 CCS |
| Complement |
121 |
Project history: These corvettes are designed for later upgrades. The first four were authorized in 1982 and ordered in 1983; the next four were authorized in 1985 and ordered in 1987. Their peacetime roles are surveillance, fishery protection, training and search-and-rescue; in effect they are more sophisticated equivalents to the contemporary Cassiopeia class. Space and weight have been reserved for Aspide reloads, for four Otomat SSM and for a VDS (the Otomat launchers can fire Milas ASW missiles).
Modernizations: 2002, Urania, Danaide, Sfinge: - 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 3 - 324 TT
early 2000s, Sfinge, Chimera, Fenice: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80
Naval service: No significant events.
Driade 2002
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