Fincantieri shipyard launches third serial frigate Carlo Margottini for Italian Navy
Trigoso (Genoa) shipyard on June 29 held an official launching ceremony for the frigate “Carlo Margottini”, the third of a series of Fremm vessels - Multi Mission European Frigates, ordered from Fincantieri by the Italian Navy within the framework of an Italo-French program of cooperation, the Company said in a press release.
The frigate was named in honour of Captain Carlo Margottini, who was decorated for military valour after the sinking of Nave Artigliere in 1940.
The ship delivery is scheduled for early 2014 in Muggiano (La Spezia).
Ship specifications: LOA - 144 metres, beam - 19.7 metres, full displacement - 6,700 tonnes, max. speed - over 27 knots, complement - 200.
The ships in the FREMM program constitute state of the art vessels of European and Italian defence in the Mediterranean and will replace the “Lupo” and “Maestrale” class frigates built by Fincantieri in the 1970s.
Participating in the initiative as prime contractor for Italy is Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (51% Fincantieri, 49% Finmeccanica) and, as prime contractor for France, Armaris (DCNS + Thales).
The cooperation has drawn of the highly positive experience of the previous Italo-French program “Orizzonte” under which two frigates were built for the Italian Navy, the ”Andrea Doria” and the “Caio Duilio”.
