Country: Italy.
Class, [Type]: Maestrale, [FF].
Homeport: Taranto.

Callsign:  IAES (     )

Builder: Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso, Italy.
Laid down date: 29 July 1982.
Launch date: 19  November 1983.
Commission date: 4 May 1984.

Displacement ( tons ): 2500 standard, 3200 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 122,5 x 13 x 4,6.
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x Fiat/General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines ( 50000 hp ); 2 x Grandi Motori Trieste  diesels ( 11000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 32.
Range ( miles ) : 6000 at 16 knots.
Complement: 205 ( 16 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 OTO Melara 127mm automatic, 2 x 2 Breda 40mm compact, 2 x 2 Oerlikon 25mm.
Missiles: SSM: 4 x 1 Teseo Mk2; SAM: 1 x 8 Albatros ( 16 Aspide missiles ).
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radar: Air/Surface: MM/SPS-774 ( RAN-10S ); Surface: MM/SPS-702; Navigation: MM/SPN-703; Fire Control: AN/SPG-75 ( RTX-30X ); AN/SPG-74 ( RTX-20X ).
Sonar: DE-1164.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Dagaie, 2 x 105mm SCLAR, AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy.
Helicopter: 2 x AB-212 ASW.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1991 | 1996 | 1998