Sentinella 1963
Fulmine 1969
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Sentinella (ex-VAS470), 9.1965- Fulmine | P499, 9.1956- F598, 5.1965- P499 | CRDA, Monfalcone | 1.1954 | 13.11.1955 | 9.1956 | stricken 5.1970 |
Displacement standard, t |
300 |
Displacement full, t |
340 |
Length, m |
46.9 pp 49.7 oa |
Breadth, m |
6.60 |
Draught, m |
2.10 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
9000 |
Max speed, kts |
30 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 - 450 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 2 DCT |
Electronic equipment |
radar, sonar |
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Sentinella was ordered in 1952 from CRDA as VAS470. She was designed as submarine chaser and was classed as a corvette. She was used as a leader for the torpedo-boat flotilla. In 1965 she was reclassified as a gunboat and renamed.
Modernizations: 1967: - 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL; + 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact
Naval service: No significant events.
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