Italian destroyer Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560)
![]() Luigi Durand de la Penne on 25 April 2009. | |
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Name | Luigi Durand de la Penne |
Namesake | Luigi Durand de la Penne |
Operator | Italian Navy |
Builder | Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso shipyards |
Laid down | 20 January 1988 |
Launched | 20 October 1989 |
Commissioned | 18 March 1993 |
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Status | Active |
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Class and type | Durand de la Penne-class destroyer |
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Length | 147.7 m (485 ft) |
Beam | 16.1 m (53 ft) |
Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 380 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 helicopters |
Aviation facilities | double hangar |
Luigi Durand de la Penne (D 560) is the lead ship of the Durand de la Penne-class destroyer of the Italian Navy.
Development
The Durand de Le Penne-class are escort and combat class ships, able to operate in every combat condition, and especially devised to survive to heavy missile and aircraft attacks. Its construction is made almost totally with steel; the structure is a continuous deck with a low, large stern, to accommodate the helicopter force. The fore hull is very pointed, with a very pronounced sea-cutter structure. The superstructure consists of two blocks, relatively low and wide, both with a high, antenna mast with a triangular cross-section for all the electronic. The engines exhausts are in two groups, one for each superstructure: the aft has two exhausts flank to flank, slightly inclined. Then there is the Standard missile system and finally the helicopter facilities.[citation needed]
Construction and career
She is laid down on 20 January 1988 and launched on 20 October 1989 by Fincantieri shipyards. Commissioned on 18 March 1993 with the hull number D 560.[1]
Luigi Durand de la Penne entered Odessa Port, Ukraine on 4 September 2019. She met the cadets at Odesa Maritime Academy.[2]
25 August 2020, Luigi Durand de la Penne conducted an exercise with TCG Goksu in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.[3]
References
- ^ "Durand de la Penne Class - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ "Italian Navy destroyer Luigi Durand de la Penne enters Odesa port. Photos". www.ukrinform.net. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
- ^ "Turkey warns Greece not to test its patience over east Med". Taiwan News. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
External links
- Destroyer Durand de la Penne Marina Militare website
Media related to Durand de la Penne (D 560) at Wikimedia Commons