Sirio-class patrol vessel

Orione (P 410)
Class overview
Name:	Sirio class
Builders:	Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso and Muggiano (La Spezia)
Operators:	Marina Militare
In commission:	2002
Completed:	2
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Displacement:	1548.6 tonnes, full load [1]
Length:	88.6 m (291 ft)
Beam:	12.2 m (40 ft)
Draught:	3.84 m (12.6 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft and 2 propellers with variable-pitch 2 x rudders 2 x active-fin stabilizers 2 x Diesel engines Wärtsilä-NSD W12-V-26 XN (4,320 kW (5,790 hp) eachone) 3 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini V1708 T2 M2 (600 kW (800 hp) eachone)
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range:	3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew:	72
Sensors and processing systems:	1 x Selex ES RAN-30X/I (RASS) - MM/SPS-791 - multi-mode radar operating at X band, search radar with over-the-horizon (OTH) detection mode 2 x navigation radar GEM Elettronica SPN-753 (since 2012, GEM Elettronica Gemini-DB, X/Ku dual band radar) since 2012, Selex ES JANUS-N IRST system Selex ES CMS Elmer Integrated Communication System since 2012, Leonardo-FinmeccanicaTDL M-DLP link 11/16/22
Armament:	2 xOTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm guns
Aviation facilities:	flight deck for an NH-90 helicopter, without hangar
Notes:	2 x RHIB Stenmar 6.90

The Sirio class of patrol vessels consists of two units operated by the Italian Marina Militare named Costellani II class or Nuove Unità di Pattugliamento d'Altura (NUPA). Vessels was financed by the Department of Transport and Navigation, by law 413/1998, for marittime economic zone surveillance, antipollution and rescue operations.

Features

The construction of these units is based largely on that of the Nuove Unità Minori Combattenti (NUMC) with the hull and superstructure built with stealth features. The NUMC and Nuove Unità di Pattugliamento d'Altura (NUPA) share logistics, interoperability, features of the combat system and integrated telecommunications systems.

The engines are two Wärtsilä NSD- W12-26 V-XN diesel engines providing 8,640 kW (11,590 hp) to two propellers with variable-pitch drives that allows a top speed of 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) and a range of 3,300 nautical miles (6,100 km; 3,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). Three Isotta Fraschini 1708 T2 M2 600 kW (800 hp) diesel generators each power the on-board electronics. The armament consists of two Oerlikon KBA-Alenia Oto Melara 25/80 mm machine guns with the provision to bow mount an OTO Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapid. The unit can embark a helicopter, either an AB-212 ASW or SH-90A NFH, but without hangar. For antipollution roles, vessels are fitted with:

• skimmers DISCOIL
• 330 m3 of recovered oils tankers
• 32 m3 of chemical dispersants
• one chemical laboratory

Ships

The two units, built in Muggiano and Riva Trigoso bear the names of two World War II torpedo boats of the Italian Royal Navy after the war served as a spare unit in the Navy.

These units operate in conjunction with NUMC COMSQUAPAT1 of COMFORPAT, the Forces Command patrol for surveillance and Coastal Defence and have their operational base in Augusta. They serve as coastal patrol and traffic control, cargo and surveillance in immigration control.

Marina Militare - Sirio class
Name	Pennant number	Shipyard	Hull number	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Motto
Sirio	P 409	Fincantieri Riva Trigoso completed to Muggiano [2]	6088 [3]	2001	11 May 2002	30 May 2003	Sidus Vigilans
Orione	P 410	Fincantieri Riva Trigoso completed to Muggiano	6089	29 November 2001 [4]	27 July 2002	1 August 2003	Lumen et fides [5]

References

1. http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Sirio.aspx
2. http://www.porto.laspezia.it/it/la-cantieristica/civile-militare/fincantieri
3. http://www.pompegarbarino.com/uploads/allegato/4_Reference%20List%20(Marine-Offshore-Navy)%20Nov.%202016.pdf
4. http://www.betasom.it/forum/index.php?showtopic=43728
5. http://www.seaforces.org/spcrep/ITS-Nave-F-554-Sfinge-P-403-Spica-P-410-Orione-Trieste-October-2011.htm