Italian Ship Alpino Begins Naval Campaign in North America

Italian Navy ^ | May 02, 2018

[PapaBear3625]

Here's a better pic. Besides guns, it also has a bunch of anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles, plus anti-air missiles. It's got more than adequate firepower for a frigate.

[Lower Deck]

No way to support landings, no way to repel boarders.

Maybe they can stock up on cutlasses?

One lousy gun and it calls it self a warship!

How many guns do a Burke class destroyer or a Nimitz class aircraft carrier have?

Plus it doesn’t look all that big

It's a frigate. It's not supposed to be that big.

[johncatl]

What is the propulsion? Speed? Cost? are the Italians big exporters of naval ships or is this something new for Italy? Looks very nice

[PapaBear3625]

Link at #20 is to the wiki page. Go look for yourself.

[PapaBear3625]

It's made by Fincantieri: "an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013 and 50% of STX France in 2018, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world.[1] The company builds both commercial and military vessels." It does over $5B in annual revenue.