Country: Italy.
Class, [Type]: Artigliere, [FF].
Homeport: La Spezia.

Callsign: IAEQ (     )

Builder: Fincantieri, Ancona, Italy.
Laid down date: 3 September 1982.
Launch date: 18 December 1984.
Commission date: 4 January 1995.

Displacement ( tons ): 2200 standard, 2525 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 113 x 11,5 x 3,7.
Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x Fiat/General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines ( 50000 hp ), 2 x Grandi Motori Trieste  diesels ( 7800 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 35.
Range ( miles ): 5000 at 15 knots.
Complement: 177 ( 13 officers ). 

Guns: 1 x 1 OTO Melara 127mm, 2 x 2 Breda 40mm compact, 2 x 1 Oerlikon 20mm.
Missiles: SSM: 4 x 2 Teseo Mk2; SAM: 1 x 8 Albatros ( 16 Aspide missiles ).
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radar: Air: MM/SPS-774 ( RAN-10S ); Surface: MM/SPS-712; Navigation: MM/SPN-703; Fire Control: AN/SPG-70 ( RTN-10X ); AN/SPG-74 ( RTN-20X ).
Countermeasures: Decoys:  2 x 105mm SCLAR.
Helicopter: 1 x AB-212 ASW.
Comment: Ex - Thi Qar ( F-15). On January 1992 it was decided to transfer this ship built for Iraq to the Italian Navy.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1998 | 2014