DURAND DE LA PENNE

ITALIAN NAVYS GUIDED

MISSILE DESTROYER

INTRODUCTION
THE DURAND DE LA PENNE CLASS DESTROYERS ARE
TWO GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS OPERATED BY
THE MARINA MILITARE, THE ITALIAN NAVY.
THE DESIGN IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE
AUDACE CLASS DESTROYERS BUT THESE SHIPS ARE
LARGER, HAVE CODOG MACHINERY AND MODERN
SENSORS.
INITIALLY FOUR SHIPS WERE PLANNED BUT THE
SECOND PAIR WERE CANCELLED AS ITALY HAD
DECIDED TO JOIN THE HORIZON PROJECT.

COMMAND & CONTROL

THE IPN 20 COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM, SUPPLIED BY ALENIA
MARCONI SYSTEMS (NOW SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI), GATHERS
INFORMATION FROM THE SHIP'S SENSORS, AND COMMUNICATIONS
AND DATA NETWORKS IN ORDER TO COMPILE, MAINTAIN AND DISPLAY
THE TACTICAL SITUATION.
THE ELMER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS INTEGRATED WITH A
SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH LINK 11 AND LINK 14.
THE NA 30 (DARDO E) WEAPON CONTROL SYSTEM IS SUPPLIED BY
SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI. NA 30 INCLUDES AN INFRARED CAMERA
AND LASER RANGEFINDER, AS WELL AS THE SELEX RTN 30X FIRE
CONTROL RADAR.

COUNTERMEASURES
THE SHIP'S COUNTERMEASURES SYSTEMS INCLUDE
THE SAGEM DFENSE SCURIT (FORMERLY EADS
DEFENCE & ELECTRONICS) SAGAIE ROCKET LAUNCH
SYSTEM FOR FIRING CHAFF, SLQ-25 NIXIE ANTITORPEDO SYSTEM, AND THE SLQ-732 NETTUNO RADAR
WARNING RECEIVER AND JAMMER SUPPLIED BY
ELETTRONICA.

SENSORS
THE SHIP'S RADAR SUITE INCLUDES: RAYTHEON SPS-52C EBAND LONG-RANGE THREE-DIMENSIONAL AIR SEARCH RADAR;
SELEX MM/SPS-774 (RAN 10S) F-BAND AIR SEARCH AND
SURFACE SEARCH RADAR; SELEX MM/SPS-768 D-BAND AIR
SEARCH RADAR; SELEX (FORMERLY GALILEO AVIONICA)
MM/SPS-702 I-BAND SURFACE SEARCH RADAR; FOUR SELEX
FIRE CONTROL RADARS FOR THE NA 30 OPERATING AT I AND J
BAND.

PROPULSION

THE SHIP'S PROPULSION SYSTEM IS BASED ON A COMBINED

DIESEL OR GAS (CODOG) ARRANGEMENT.
THE TWO GAS TURBINE ENGINES, THE FIAT/GE LM 2500 GT
PROVIDE A SUSTAINED POWER OF 40.3MW.
THE DIESEL ENGINES, GMT BL 230.20 DVM ARE RATED AT A
SUSTAINED POWER LEVEL OF 9.3MW EACH.

SPECIFICATIONS
DISPLACEMENT: 4,500 TONS STANDARD
LENGTH: 147.7 M (485 FT)
BEAM: 16.1 M (53 FT)
DRAUGHT: 5 M (16 FT)
SPEED: 32 KNOTS (59 KM/H; 37 MPH)
RANGE: 7,000 NMI (13,000 KM; 8,100 MI) AT 18 KNOTS (33
KM/H; 21 MPH)
COMPLEMENT: 380

REFERENCES
HTTP://
EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/DURAND_DE_LA_PENNE-CLASS_DESTROYER
HTTP://WWW.NAVAL-TECHNOLOGY.COM/PROJECTS/DURAND/
HTTP://WWW.HELIS.COM/DATABASE/PICS/SIS/46.JPG
HTTP://WWW.MILITARY-TODAY.COM/NAVY/DE_LA_PENNE_CLASS_L2.JPG
HTTP://
WWW.WORLDWARSHIPS.COM/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/PHOTOS/MATTMAR/L
UIGI%20DE%20LA%20PENNE.JPG
HTTP://CDN2.SHIPSPOTTING.COM/PHOTOS/MIDDLE/6/9/7/885796.JPG

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