Centauro-class frigate
Centauro at sea, 1958 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centauro |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Italian Navy |
| Preceded by | Aldebaran class |
| Succeeded by | Bergamini class |
| Built | 1952–1956 |
| In commission | 1957–1985 |
| Planned | 4 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Scrapped | 4 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Displacement | 2,120 t (2,090 long tons) (deep load) |
| Length | 103.1 m (338 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 207 |
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The Centauro class consisted of four frigates built for the Italian Navy during the 1950s. They entered service in 1957, with the last one being stricken in 1985.