Durand de la Penne-class destroyer

	Durand de la Penne
Class overview
Name	Durand de la Penne class
Builders	Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso (La Spezia)
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	Audace class
Succeeded by	Andrea Doria class
Cost	Lire 1498 billion (equivalent to €1.28 billion in 2019) for two ships (1981-1993); Lire 749 billion (equivalent to €640 million in 2019) per unit;
Built	1989–1992
In commission	1992–present
Planned	4
Completed	2
Cancelled	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	- 4,500 t (4,400 long tons), standard; - 5.560 t (5.472 long tons), full load;
Length	147.7 m (485 ft)
Beam	16.1 m (53 ft)
Draught	5 m (16 ft)
Propulsion	- CODOG scheme:; - 2 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 kW (55,000 hp) ; - 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM 9,396 kW (12,600 hp); - 6 x diesel engine generators Fincantieri DMD 203-6;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	380
Sensors and ; processing systems	- 1 × SPS-52C 3D radar; - 1 × AESN MM/SPS-768 radar; - 1 × medium range AESN MM/SPS-774; - 1 × surface radar AMS MM/SPS-702; - 1 × navigation radar SMA MM/SPN-703; - 4 × AESN Orion RTN-30X (MM/SPG-76); - 1 × sonar system DE-1164/1167; - 1 × TACAN URN-25; - 1 × SADOC-2 combat system;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	- ECM system Elettronica SLQ-732 NETTUNO; - 2 x SAGEM Sagaie decoy launching system; - ASW AN/SLQ-25 Nixie, Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System;
Armament	- 1 × Otobreda 127 mm gun; - 3 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun; - 1 × Albatross octuple launcher for Selenia Aspide SAM; - 1 × Mk 13 launcher with 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles; - 4 × OTOMAT Mk2 SSMs ; - 4 × Milas anti submarine missile; - 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo launchers WASS B515/3;
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters
Aviation facilities	double hangar

The Durand de la Penne class are two guided-missile destroyers operated by the Italian Navy. The design is an enlarged version of the Audace class, updated with diesel and gas turbine CODOG machinery and modern sensors. Four ships were planned but the second pair were cancelled when Italy joined the Horizon project.

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