PPA, Pattugliatori Polivalenti d'Altura

Class overview
Name: PPA Paolo Thaon di Revel class
Builders: Fincantieri, Muggiano and Riva Trigoso (La Spezia) [1]
Operators:  Marina Militare
Preceded by:
Cost: € 3.900 billion for first 7 vessels
Built: 2016-2026
In commission: 2021-2027
Planned: 10 (7 financed with 3 more on option)
Laid up: 2
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement:
  • PPA Full: light displacement: 4.994 t (4.915 long tons); full load displacement 6.270 t (6.171 long tons) [2]
  • PPA Light+: light displacement: 4.912 t (4.834 long tons); full load displacement 5.880 t (5.787 long tons)
  • PPA Light: light displacement: 4.880 t (4.803 long tons) tonnes; full load displacement 5.830 t (5.738 long tons)
Length:
  • - 143 m (469 ft 2 in) LOA
  • - 133 m (436 ft 4 in) LPP
Beam: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draught: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Depth: 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 173 beds (+ 30 on modular rear zone)
Crew:

PPA Full 120 crew;PPA Light+ + 90;PPA Light 90;(

add 24 crew for two helos on board and other 89/59 beds for optional boarding team, marines team, maritime command staffs, etc.)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Elettronica-ELT Spa ZEUS System:[10] RESM (Radar Electronic Support Counter-Measure), RECM (Radar Electronic Counter-Measure) and CESM (Communication ESM)
  • 2 x Long Range Acoustic Device (Long Range Acoustic System) SITEP MS-424
  • PPA Full: 2 x Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers
  • PPA Light+ and Light: FFBNW 2 x Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2 × SH90 or 1 × AW101
Aviation facilities:
  • - double hangar
  • - flight deck 25.5 m (83 ft 8 in) x 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Notes:
  • - stern ramp for RHIB over 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
  • - 2 x 15 m (49 ft 3 in) RHIB/LCVPs on side davits
  • - 1 x 20 t (20 long tons) crane, for movement of ISO1C containers
  • - up to 5 x ISO1C containers, under flight deck, and up to 8 in middle ship area

PPA, Pattugliatore Polivalente d'Altura (Offshore Multipurpose Patrol Ship) is a new Frigate class of the Italian Navy.[13]
It is planned to replace 2 Soldati class light patrol frigates, eight Minerva class corvettes, four Comandanti class patrol vessels, two Sirio class patrol vessels, and four Cassiopea class patrol vessels, between 2021/2035. With 2014 Naval Law, has been financed seven vessels with three more on option.[14][15]

Insistent rumors from February 2017 report the news that the Italian Navy has transformed the order for 3 PPA Light+, to 3 PPA Full, thus bringing the PPA funded to 5 PPA Full and 2 PPA Light.

According to RID, the Italian Navy ordered the new MBDA TESEO MK/2E heavy-duty missile (TESEO "EVO"), a long range anti-ship missile with also strategic land attack capability. The missile will have a new terminal "head" with dual RF seeker (Radio Frequency) and, presumably, date the need to even attack ground targets, IIR (Imaging IR). Compared to the predecessor OTOMAT/TESEO, the TESEO "EVO" MK/2E has a double range or more than 360 km. Former OTOMAT is accredited for a range of action of more than 180 km.[16][17][18]

Ships

 Marina Militare - PPA (Pattugliatori Polivalenti d'Altura) class
Name Pennant
number		 Hull
number		 Sub-class Laid down Launched Commissioned Notes
(PPA 1) 6261 Light 9 May 2017[19] March 2019 May 2021 2 December 2016 first works [20][21]
(PPA 2) 6262 Light 3 October 2017 [22] March 2022
(PPA 3) 6263 Light+ January 2023
(PPA 4) 6264 Full April 2024
(PPA 5) 6265 Light+ October 2024
(PPA 6) 6266 Light+ August 2025
(PPA 7) 6267 [23] Full August 2026
(PPA 8) Full - on option (until May 2020)
(PPA 9) Light - on option (until May 2021)
(PPA 10) Light+ - on option (until May 2021)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Home Page". fincantieri.it. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.gsweek.it/wp-content/uploads/02_SIMONE-compressed.pdf
  3. ↑ "AVIO AERO technology chose once again to provide the turbines for new ships for Italy's naval fleet / Press releases / Home - Avioaero". avioaero.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rolls-Royce to supply most powerful MTU diesel engines to Fincantieri for the Italian Navy's multi-purpose patrol vessels". rolls-royce.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "MAN to provide GenSets for Italian PPAs". navaltoday.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ↑ https://cidin.co/index.php/cidin/2017/paper/view/218/122
  7. ↑ http://www.gsweek.it/wp-content/uploads/02_SIMONE-compressed.pdf
  8. ↑ "Leonardo, global leader for the naval sector - DETAIL - Leonardo - Finmeccanica". leonardocompany.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Leonardo introduces latest generation active sonar at Euronaval - DETAIL - Leonardo - Finmeccanica". leonardocompany.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  10. ↑ http://www.elt-roma.com/programmes
  11. ↑ http://www.difesaonline.it/mondo-militare/ppa-le-nuove-unit%C3%A0-polivalenti-della-marina-militare-la-sfida-italiana-alle-lcs
  12. ↑ http://www.difesaonline.it/mondo-militare/ppa-le-nuove-unit%C3%A0-polivalenti-della-marina-militare-la-sfida-italiana-alle-lcs
  13. ↑ "Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vessel (PPA)". fincantieri.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Le navi del programma 2014 - Marina Militare". difesa.it. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Piano di dismissioni Unità navali entro il 2025" (PDF).
  16. ↑ http://www.portaledifesa.it/index~phppag,3_id,2349.html
  17. ↑ https://www.airpressonline.it/33516/33516/
  18. ↑ https://www.trasporti-italia.com/focus/mbda-al-via-lo-sviluppo-del-nuovo-teseo/33323
  19. ↑ "Keel laying of the first Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship". Fincantieri (Press release). Trieste. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  20. ↑ Parapetto, Marco (6 June 2016). "I nuovi programmi della Marina Militare" (PDF). Stato Maggiore Marina (in Italian). Napless Shipping Week. p. 33. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  21. ↑ "Riva Trigoso: il 2 dicembre il ministro Pinotti a Fincantieri". Levante News (in Italian). 30 November 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  22. ↑ "Fincantieri: al via lavori secondo pattugliatore polivalente altura". Liguria Business Journal (in Italian). Tribunale di Genova. 3 October 2017. ISSN 1973-4069. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "Reference List (Navy)" (PDF). Pompe Garbarino. 17 March 2017. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

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