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Saetta 1970 with SSM

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
MC590, 9.1965- Freccia	P493		CNR, Riva Trigoso		9.1.1965	7.1965	stricken 9.1984
Saetta (ex-MC591)	P494		CRDA, Monfalcone		11.4.1965	4.1966	stricken 5.1986
Dardo (ex-MC592)	P495		Arsenale Taranto	5.1964	---	---	cancelled 1965

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	175
Displacement full, t	205
Length, m	46.1
Breadth, m	7.22
Draught, m	1.55
No of shafts	3
Machinery	CODAG: 1 Bristol Siddeley Proteus gas turbine + 2 Fiat diesels
Power, h. p.	4250+7600 = 11850
Max speed, kts	40
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	800(27)
Armament	3 x 1 - 40/70 Breda type 107 or (1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda type 107, 4 - 533 TT) or (1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda type 107, 8 mines)
Electronic equipment	RTN-150 radar
Complement	37

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Project history

Enlarged and improved Lampos, with a Proteus gas turbine in place of the Metrovick. These ships were built under the 1960 programme. The 1962 programme envisaged five Type 590 (Freccia class) MGB and three type 491 (Lampo class) MGB, of which only two Freccia were ordered; they were dropped officially from the programme in January 1972 when the Sparvieros were clearly in prospect. Planned Strale (ex-MC593) was never started by building.

They were designed to be convertible in one day.

Modernizations

1966, Saetta: + 1 x 5 Sea Killer Mk 1 SSM (4) (temporarily carried instead of 1 x 1 - 40/70 for trials presumably till mid-1970s)

Naval service

No significant events.