Grecale at her berth in Taranto, 1985 |
| History |
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| Italy |
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| Name | Grecale |
| Namesake | Gregale in Italian |
| Builder | Fincantieri, Muggiano shipyards |
| Laid down | 21 March 1979 |
| Launched | 12 September 1981 |
| Commissioned | 5 February 1983 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 2025 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F 571 |
| Motto | |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics |
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| Class & type | Maestrale-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3.040 t (2.992 long tons), full load |
| Length |
- - 122.7 m (403 ft) LOA
- - 114 m (374 ft) LPP
|
| Beam | 12.9 m (42 ft) |
| Draught | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) (21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) on diesel) |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | |
Sensors &
processing systems |
- - 1 × Selenia RAN-10S/SPS-774 surface and air surveillance radar
- - 1 × Selenia SMA SPS-702 surface search radar
- - 1 × Selenia SMA SPS-703 navigation radar (then replaced by one GEM Elettronica MM-SPN 753 Arpa)
- - 1 × Selenia SPG-75 fire control radar
- - 2 × Selenia SPG-74 fire control radar (for Dardo)
- - 1 × Raytheon DE 1164, VDS sonar
- - 1 × Raytheon DE 1160B, hull mounted sonar
|
Electronic warfare
& decoys |
- - (Elettronica Spa MM/SLQ-746) 2 × SLQ-D jammers
- - 1 × ARBG-1A Saigon radio interceptor
- - 1 × SLR-4 Newton intercept
- - 2 × 20-round OTO Melara/Breda SCLAR decoy RL (Dagaie on Grecale)
- - 1 × AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo system
- - Prairie/Masker air-bubbler noise-suppression system
|
| Armament |
- - 4 × TESEO Mk-2 anti-ship missiles, double launchers
- - 1 × Albatross octuple Aspide SAM launchers
- - 1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun
- - 2 × Oto Melara Twin 40L70 DARDO CIWS
- - 2 × Browning HB2B 12.7 mm
- - 2 × MG 42/59 7.62 mm
- - 2 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Whitehead B-516, with Whitehead A-184 torpedoes: then removed)
- - 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo tubes (Whitehead ILAS-3) with Mk-46 Mod.2 torpedoes
|
| Aircraft carried |
- - flight deck 27 m (89 ft) x 12 m (39 ft) m
- - 2 x AB-212 helicopters
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Grecale (F 571) was the second ship of the Maestrale-class frigate of the Italian Navy. Grecale was decommissioned on 1 April 2025.
