Euro (F 575)
 Maestrale class
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 Euro (F 575) with the Portuguese frigate Cdte. Sacadura Cabral |
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| Overview | |
| Type | frigate |
| Shipyard | |
| Order | 1976 |
| delivery | 1984 |
| period of service |
April 7, 1984 to October 2, 2019 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
maximum 3,040 ts |
| length |
122.7 m |
| width |
12.9 m |
| Draft |
4.2 m, maximum 5.9 m |
| crew |
230 (including 24 officers) |
| drive |
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| speed |
32 kn (gas turbines), 21 kn (diesel) |
| Range |
6,000 nm at 15 kn |
| Armament |
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| Management electronics |
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| helicopter |
Two AB212-ASW / NH90 on - board helicopters |
The frigate Euro (F 575) was in service with the Italian Navy from 1984 to 2019 . She was the sixth ship in the Maestrale class and named after Euros , a north African wind that sometimes reached southern Italy. In Greek mythology, the name also stands for a deity.
The Euro was most recently part of the 2nd Divisione navale with its home port of Taranto .
Mission history
The following mission history is not complete:
- 1986: Participation in Operation Girasole in the Central Mediterranean from April to May during the Libya crisis ( Operation El Dorado Canyon )
- 1986: from June to September with sister ship Espero (F 576) training voyage to South and North America ( Buenos Aires to Norfolk )
- 1987: Operation in the Persian Gulf from July to December during the so-called tanker war
- 1992: from June to September training trip to the Caribbean on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the (re-) discovery of America
- 1993: Participation in Operation Sharp Fence in the Adriatic Sea and the Strait of Otranto from February to March
- 1993: In May and June training trip in the Atlantic and participation in the celebrations for the 600th anniversary of the birth of Henry the Navigator
- 1994: August to December with STANAVFORMED on the Operation Sharp Guard involved
- 1995: Involved in Operation Sharp Guard with STANAVFORMED from August to December
- 1997: From January to May involved in SFOR sea operations with STANAVFORMED
- 1999: from February to May training trip in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
- 1999: used from September to December as part of STANAVFORMED
- April-May as part of: 2000 EUROMARFOR used
- 2001: Participation in the Destined Glory exercise
- 2002: Participation in Operation Enduring Freedom in the Arabian Sea from May to October
- 2006: Participation in Enduring Freedom from January to July
- February-July with: 2008 Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 in the Operation Active Endeavor participated
- 2010: In June and July, the flagship of the UNIFIL Marine Operations Association off the Lebanese coast
- 2011: Participation in Active Endeavor in March
- 2011: Participation in Operation Unified Protector off the coast of Libya from May to August
- 2014: Participation in Operation Mare Nostrum
- 2015: From January to April leadership of the Standing NATO Response Force Mine Countermeasure Group 2 and participation in the multinational exercise Joint Warrior 15-1 off Scotland
- 2015: Participation in Operation Mare Sicuro and Active Endeavor
- 2016: Participation in Operation Atalanta in the Indian Ocean from March to October
- 2017: Participation in Mare Sicuro and in the NATO maritime surveillance operation Sea Guardian (flagship)
- 2018: Participation in Sea Guardian and Mare Sicuro as well as in the exercises Mare Aperto and Ita-Minex (as lead and support ship of a mine defense association)
- 2018: in June participation in the exhibition Sea Future 2018 in the arsenal of La Spezia , then farewell tour with the light frigate Aviere via Salerno , Reggio Calabria and Crotone to Taranto, where it was assigned to the reserve and then out of service on October 2nd, 2019 to be asked.
While the shipyard was in Taranto, the crew received training in the training center there and in that of the British Navy in Plymouth .
Web links
Individual evidence
The euros in the port of Málaga