Английская Википедия:Centauro-class frigate
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship class overviewШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsThe Centauro class consisted of four frigates built for the Italian Navy during the 1950s. They entered service in 1957, with the last one being stricken in 1985.
Design and description
The Centauro-class ships measured Шаблон:Convert long overall, with a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a draft of Шаблон:Convert. Their crew numbered 207 officers and enlisted men.[1] They displaced Шаблон:Convert at standard load and Шаблон:Convert at deep load.[2] The ships had two Tosi geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by two Foster Wheeler water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of Шаблон:Convert for a speed of Шаблон:Convert. The Centauros had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[1]
The main armament of the Centauro-class ships consisted of four OTO Melara [[76/62mm Allargato|Шаблон:Convert Allargato]] dual-purpose (DP) guns in two twin-gun mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure. The guns were positioned over-and-under in the mount and were protected against spray by a gun shield. Four [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70|Шаблон:Convert Bofors]] AA guns in twin mounts were positioned on the rear superstructure. The ships were also armed with two fixed single tubes amidships for Шаблон:Convert torpedoes. A triple-barrel [[Menon (weapon)|Шаблон:Convert Menon anti-submarine (ASW) mortar]] mount was located in front of the superstructure, superfiring over the forward 76-millimeter gun mount. The ships were also equipped with four short-barrelled Menon ASW mortars, two on each side abreast the rear superstructure, and a depth charge rail on the stern.[1]
While the guns were American, the sensors and fire-control systems (FCS) were Italian, although based on American equipment. The frigates were initially fitted with a Microlambda MLA-1 early-warning radar and the OTO Melara guns used a MTL-4 gunnery radar on the OG 2 director, an Italian version of the American Mark 39 radar used in the Mark 57 FCS. The MLA-1 systems were replaced by American AN/SPS-6 radars in all four ships by 1960. The Bofors guns used the OG 1 FCS, based on the Mark 51 FCS. A SQS-11A sonar provided data to the anti-submarine weapons.[3]
Beginning around 1966, the frigates were rearmed with three of the first generation of the OTO Melara 76 mm Compact DP guns to replace the unsatisfactory Allargato guns and the Bofors guns. The Allargatos were hard to load, difficult to maintain and the mount lacked a sufficient number of ready rounds. The torpedo tubes and two of the short barrel Menon mortars were removed in exchange for two rotating triple tube mounts, one on each side, for Шаблон:Convert Mark 44 torpedoes. The sensors and fire-control suites were also upgraded, a SQS-36 sonar being added as was a MM/SPQ-2 radar. An OG 3 FCS with an Orion RTN-7X radar replaced the OG 2 director and its Mark 39 radar.[3]
Ships
Pennant | Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
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D 570 / F 551 | Шаблон:Ship | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto | 15 May 1952 | 20 February 1955 | 4 May 1958 | 30 September 1982 |
D 571 / F 554 | Шаблон:Ship | Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno | 17 May 1952 | 4 April 1954 | 4 April 1957 | 31 May 1985 |
D 572 / F 555 / DE 1020 | Шаблон:Ship | Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto, Taranto | 11 February 1954 | 14 March 1955 | 7 March 1957 | 31 October 1983 |
D 573 / D 553 / DE 1031 | Шаблон:Ship | 14 March 1955 | 8 July 1956 | 14 July 1957 | 1 January 1983 |
Citations
Bibliography
Шаблон:Canopo-class frigate Шаблон:Italian destroyers, frigates and corvettes post-1945 Шаблон:Portal bar