Italian frigate Carlo Margottini (F 595)

For other ships of the same name, see Italian frigate Carlo Margottini.

Italian frigate Carlo Margottini (F 595)
File:Margottini F 595.jpg Carlo Margottini
Career (Italy)
Name:	Carlo Margottini
Namesake:	Carlo Margottini
Builder:	Navalmeccanica
Laid down:	26 May 1957
Launched:	12 June 1960
Commissioned:	5 May 1962
Decommissioned:	31 May 1988
Struck:	1988
Identification:	Pennant number: F 595
Motto:	Tra le onde verso il nemico (In the waves towards the enemy)
Fate:	Dismantled, 1988
General characteristics
Class & type:	Bergamini-class frigate
Displacement:	1,410 t (1,390 long tons) standard 1,650 t (1,620 long tons) full load
Length:	86.5 m (283 ft 10 in) pp 94.0 m (308 ft 5 in) overall
Beam:	11.4 m (37 ft 5 in)
Draught:	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	4 × diesels 16,000 bhp (12,000 kW) 2 × shafts
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range:	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement:	163
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-12 navigational radar SPQ-2 radar RTN-10 fire control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Elettronica SPR-A ESM system
Armament:	2 × Oto Melara 76/62mm MMI 1 × Menon ASW mortar 2 × triple 324mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	1 × AB-212ASW
Aviation facilities:	Single hangar and helipad

Carlo Margottini (F 595) was a Bergamini-class frigate of the Italian Navy.

Construction and career

She was laid down on 26 May 1957 and launched on 12 June 1960 by Navalmeccanica. She was commissioned on 5 May 1962.

Carlo Margottini and Virginio Fasan were discarded in 1988 respectively.

Gallery

Carlo Margottini, RFA Orangeleaf and USS Shangri-la in 1967.

References

• Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1962.
• Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1971. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
• Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.