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20 Jul 2014 4 Comments
This is Italian warship D-551 ITS Audace. Armed with a 127mm main gun 4 76mm secondary guns, Sea Sparrow and SM-1 Standard anti-air missiles and Otomat anti ship missiles she was a deadly ship. This photo is probably taken in 1992.
turkishnavy.net 
04.05.2014 A-5340 Elettra Southbound Italy; 4 May? It’s a mistake??
Yes it’s a mistake. I have corrected it. The correct date was 4 July 2014.
If Italians struggled coming up with a design of their own, what are Turkey’s chances of developing an indigenous AAW ship with very probably a smaller budget? It just doesn’t add up.
it was a very nice ship