Construction of new Italian Navy frigate begins

FREMM Frigate Carlo Margottini

Feb. 27, 2015 By Richard Tomkins (UPI)

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has begun the construction of an eighth FREMM frigate for the Italian Navy.

TRIESTE, Italy, -- The first steel sheeting for a new Italian Navy FREMM frigate has been conducted at a shipyard of Fincantieri near Genoa, the company reports. The cutting marks the build phase of the multi-mission vessel, the eighth being constructed in the multinational FREMM program. A total of 10 FREMM frigates are being built in Italy, with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali as the prime contractor.

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