[sukhoi-30mki]

Despite its budget difficulties, the Italian defense ministry has awarded a €764 million contract for the construction of the Italian navy’s ninth and tenth Fremm frigates. Above is the lead Italian ship, Bergamini. (MMI photo)

[nascarnation]

I don’t know how functional that rig is, but the Italians know how to style things.

[BobinIL]

I hope they fare better than the Italian Navy did in WWII

[skeeter]

FREMM frigates of the Italian Navy are 474 feet long, 65 feet in the beam and have a speed of more than 27 knots.

I hope so, considering the Japanese were building warships of similar size that were going ten knots faster than that - in 1944.

ON the other hand common sense dictates that the speed of a new warship should be classified.