Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) built by Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso (La Spezia) as the Nuove Unità Minori Combattenti or NUMC sharing hull and systems with the Nuove Unità di Pattugliamento dAltura or NUPA (Sirio class) . Both classes features stealth superstructures and serves as coastal patrol, surveillance in immigration control. Home-based at Augusta.
Specifications |
| 70 | crew | ||||||
| 1520 | full load (tn) | ||||||
| 80 | length (m) | ||||||
| 12.20 | beam (m) | ||||||
| 3.37 | draught (m) | ||||||
| 25 | max speed (knots) | ||||||
| 1 | Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm | ||||||
Aircraft Shipyards |
 Fincantieri Riva Trigoso - Sestri Levante | 3 |
List of Ships |
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| 2004 | -- | | Italian Navy | P 490 | Comandante Cigala Fulgosi | IABE - P490 | |||
| 2004 | -- | | Italian Navy | P 491 | Comandante Borsini | IABF - P491 | |||
| 2004 | -- | | Italian Navy | P 492 | Comandante Bettica | IABG - P492 | |||
| 2004 | -- | | Italian Navy | P 493 | Comandante Foscari | IABH - P493 | |||
Events |
| 1999 | Ordered | Ordered P 491 Comandante Borsini | |
| 1999 | Ordered | Ordered P 490 Comandante Cigala Fulgosi | |
| 1999 | Ordered | Ordered P 492 Comandante Bettica | |
| 1999 | Ordered | Ordered P 493 Comandante Foscari | |
| 1999-jun-25 | Laid down | Laid down P 490 Comandante Cigala Fulgosi | |
| 1999-jul-21 | Laid down | Laid down P 491 Comandante Borsini | |
| 2000-mar-01 | Laid down | Laid down P 492 Comandante Bettica | |
| 2000-sep-01 | Laid down | Laid down P 493 Comandante Foscari | |
| 2000-oct-07 | Launched | Launched P 490 Comandante Cigala Fulgosi | |
| 2000-nov-24 | Launched | Launched P 493 Comandante Foscari | |
| 2001-feb-17 | Launched | Launched P 491 Comandante Borsini | |
| 2001-jun-26 | Launched | Launched P 492 Comandante Bettica | |
| 2004-jan-31 | Commissioned | Commissioned P 491 Comandante Borsini | |
| 2004-jan-31 | Commissioned | Commissioned P 490 Comandante Cigala Fulgosi | |
| 2004-jan-31 | Commissioned | Commissioned P 492 Comandante Bettica | |
| 2004-jan-31 | Commissioned | Commissioned P 493 Comandante Foscari | |
| 2011-mar-26 | Deployment | Deployment P 492 Comandante Bettica Operation Unified Protector with AB 212 | |
| 2020-dec | Deployment | Deployment P 490 Comandante Cigala Fulgosi EUNAVFOR MED IRINI |
