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Esploratore 2008

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Esploratore	P405		Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia		4.11.1996	26.6.1997	in service (2019)
Sentinella	P406		Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia		13.11.1997	10.7.1998	in service (2019)
Vedetta	P407		Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia		11.1.1997	29.7.1999	in service (2019)
Staffetta	P408		Co.I.Nav.Al., Cadimare, La Spezia		12.1.2001	23.3.2006	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	117
Displacement full, t	165
Length, m	34.7 pp 37.2 oa
Breadth, m	7.06 wl 7.50 oa
Draught, m	1.90 hull 2.30 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Isotta-Fraschini M1712 T2 diesels
Power, h. p.	3800
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment	2x SPN-753 radars, Medusa e/o detector
Complement	15

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Project history

First three (with an option for a fourth) were approved in the 1996 budget to replace the converted US Adjutant-class minesweepers used in UN patrol service in the Red Sea; P408 was ordered in 1998.

Modernizations

late 2010s, all: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80

Naval service

No significant events.