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Fincantieri cuts first steel for Italian Navy's 7th FREMM Frigate

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Naval Industry News - Italy
 
 
 
Fincantieri cuts first steel for Italian Navy's 7th FREMM Frigate
 
Yesterday, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Sestri Levante, Genoa), there was the ceremony to mark the cutting of the first sheeting for the seventh Fremm vessel. This is a further step in the European Multi Mission Frigate construction program, the most important joint initiative to date among European industries in the Naval Defence field.
     
Yesterday, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Sestri Levante, Genoa), there was the ceremony to mark the cutting of the first sheeting for the seventh Fremm vessel. This is a further step in the European Multi Mission Frigate construction program, the most important joint initiative to date among European industries in the Naval Defence field.
Yesterday, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Sestri Levante, Genoa), there was the ceremony to mark the cutting of the first sheeting for the seventh Fremm vessel. This is a further step in the European Multi Mission Frigate construction program, the most important joint initiative to date among European industries in the Naval Defence field.
Picture: Fincantieri
     
The ship, which will be delivered in the spring of 2018, will be 144 metres long, 19.7 metres wide with a displacement of approximately 6,700 tons.

Capable of reaching speeds of over 27 knots, the vessel will have an availability of 200 berths and a crew of 145.

This is a highly flexible vessel, able to operate in a wide range of scenarios, especially in patrolling and safeguarding the Mediterranean area.

Prime contractor for Italy on the Fremm program is Orizzonte Sistemi Navali. Included within the current framework of the program for ltaly are eight vessels and an option for a further two which has still to be exercised.