Motoconvertibili Freccia class gunboat

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Description

The Motoconvertibili Freccia class was a group of 2 convertible gunboats derived from the MC Lampo class built for the Marina Militare Italiana during the Cold War.

Vehicles

Rank IV

Rank V

History

The MC Freccia class was a class of 2 ships built in the 1960s as the evolution of the earlier Lampo class. Only two of the four planned units were built between 1963 and 1966. The other two units would have been named Dardo and Strale. They had a convertible armament configuration:

Gunboat configuration:

Torpedo boat configuration:

  • two 40 mm/70 Breda-Bofors type 107 autocannons and two torpedo launchers
  • one 40 mm/70 Breda-Bofors type 107 autocannon and four torpedo launchers

Mine-layer configuration:

  • one 40 mm/70 Breda-Bofors type 107 autocannon and mines

Anti-submarine lookout configuration:

  • two 40 mm/70 Breda-Bofors type 107 autocannons and two hoppers for depth charges
Ship name Builder Laid down Launch Entry into service Final destiny
MC 590, Freccia P-493 CNR - Riva Trigoso 30 April 1963 9 January 1965 6 July 1965 15 September 1984

15 February 1985

Disarmed

Decommissioned

MC 591, Saetta P-494 CRDA - Monfalcone 11 June 1964 11 April 1965 25 April 1966 15 May 1986 Disarmed and decommissioned
Dardo P-495 Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto 11 June 1964 Never launched No service Never completed, the construction was permanently cancelled in 1972
Strale Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto Never set Never launched No service Never completed, the construction was permanently cancelled in 1972