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MINERVA corvettes (1987 - 1991)


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Driade 2002

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Minerva F551   Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso 11.3.1985 25.3.1986 10.6.1987 stricken 9.2012, to Bangladesh (সায়েদ নজরুল [Syed Nazrul])
Urania F552   Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso 11.3.1985 21.6.1986 10.6.1987 stricken 3.2016, to Bangladesh (মানসুর আলী [Mansoor Ali])
Danaide F553   Fincantieri, Muggiano 26.5.1985 18.10.1986 13.2.1988 stricken 3.2016, to Bangladesh (কামরুজ্জামান [Kamruzzaman])
Sfinge F554   Fincantieri, Muggiano 26.5.1985 16.5.1987 13.2.1988 stricken 5.2017
Driade F555   Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso 18.3.1988 12.3.1989 7.9.1991 stricken 7.2018
Chimera F556   Fincantieri, Muggiano 21.12.1988 4.7.1990 15.1.1991 in service (2019)
Fenice F557   Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso 6.9.1988 4.12.1990 11.9.1990 stricken 5.2017
Sibilla F558   Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso 16.10.1989 15.2.1990 16.5.1991 stricken 9.2012, to Bangladesh (তাজউদ্দীন [Tajuddin])


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1030
Displacement full, t

1285
Length, m

80.0 pp 86.6 oa
Breadth, m

10.5
Draught, m

3.16 hull 4.80 max
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 GMT B230-20DVM diesels
Power, h. p.

11000
Max speed, kts

25
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

3500(18)
Armament

1 x 8 Albatros SAM (8 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT
Electronic equipment

SPN-728, SPS-774, SPG-76 radars, Pegaso NA-16 e/o director, DE-1167 sonar, SLQ-747 ECM suite, 2x type 207E Super Barricade decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, SADOC-2 CCS
Complement

121


Standard scale images


<i>Minerva </i>2000
Minerva 2000
<i>Urania </i>2005
Urania 2005


Graphics


<i>Driade </i>2002
Driade 2002


Project history

These corvettes are designed for later upgrades. The first four were authorized in 1982 and ordered in 1983; the next four were authorized in 1985 and ordered in 1987. Their peacetime roles are surveillance, fishery protection, training and search-and-rescue; in effect they are more sophisticated equivalents to the contemporary Cassiopeia class. Space and weight have been reserved for Aspide reloads, for four Otomat SSM and for a VDS (the Otomat launchers can fire Milas ASW missiles).

Modernizations

2002, Urania, Danaide, Sfinge: - 1 x 8 Albatros SAM, 2 x 3 - 324 TT

early 2000s, Sfinge, Chimera, Fenice: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 25/87 KBA25/80

Naval service

No significant events.