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Vega 2001

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cassiopea	P401		Fincantieri, Muggiano	16.3.1987	19.7.1988	21.10.1989	in service (2019)
Libra	P402		Fincantieri, Muggiano	16.3.1987	27.7.1988	23.3.1991	in service (2019)
Spica	P403		Fincantieri, Muggiano	5.9.1988	27.5.1989	23.3.1991	in service (2019)
Vega	P404		Fincantieri, Muggiano	30.6.1989	24.2.1990	8.5.1992	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1110
Displacement full, t	1475
Length, m	71.5 pp 79.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.8
Draught, m	3.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 GMT BL230-16 diesels
Power, h. p.	7900
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 165
Endurance, nm(kts)	3300(16)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/62 MMI, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 helicopter (AB-212)
Electronic equipment	SPN-748, SPS-702, SPG-70 radars
Complement	60

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Project history

These corvettes are equivalent to US Coast Guard cutters. Their main armament and its fire control system were taken from the scrapped Bergamini class frigates. The class was authorized on 31 December 1982, and the first four units were paid for by the Ministry of the Merchant Marine. Plans for a further four did not materialize; the fifth unit (to have been named Orione) and the sixth were cancelled in 1991.

Modernizations

2000s, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

2017-2019, all: + Janus-N e/o system

Naval service

No significant events.