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Durand de la Penne-class destroyer: Standards, Origins & Weaponry

The Durand de la Penne class are two guided-missile destroyers operated by the Italian Navy. The design is an enlarged version of the Audace class, updated with diesel and gas turbine CODOG machinery and modern sensors. Four ships were planned but the second pair were cancelled when Italy joined the Horizon project.

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Durand de la Penne-class destroyer topic overview

The analysis highlights Standards, Origins and Weaponry as prominent areas in the source structure around Durand de la Penne-class destroyer.

Related topics
40
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
44
Extracted relationships
48
Related term clusters
15
Bridge connections
44

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Origins · 28 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Weaponry · 4 topics
Service · 3 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Active
0
Aircraft carried
2 helicopters
Armament
- 1 × Otobreda 127 mm gun · - 3 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun · - 1 × Albatross octuple launcher for Selenia Aspide SAM · - 1 × Mk 13 launcher with 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles · - 4 × OTOMAT Mk2 SSMs
Aviation facilities
double hangar
Beam
16.1 m (53 ft)
Builders
Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso (La Spezia)

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Origins

Weaponry

Service

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How Durand de la Penne-class destroyer connects Entity context

The extracted context around Durand de la Penne-class destroyer shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → - 1 × AESN MM/SPS-768 radar, - 1 × medium range AESN MM/SPS-774, - 1 × navigation radar SMA MM/SPN-703, - 1 × SADOC-2 combat system, - 1 × sonar system DE-1164/1167, - 1 × SPS-52C 3D radar, - 1 × surface radar AMS MM/SPS-702, - 1 × TACAN URN-25, - 4 × AESN Orion RTN-30X (MM/SPG-76) Another extracted example is Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → - 1 × Albatross octuple launcher for Selenia Aspide SAM, - 1 × Mk 13 launcher with 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles, - 1 × Otobreda 127 mm gun, - 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo launchers WASS B515/3, - 3 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun, - 4 × Milas anti submarine missile, - 4 × OTOMAT Mk2 SSMs. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Durand de la Penne-class destroyer

Top relations

Sensors & processing systems · 9
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → - 1 × AESN MM/SPS-768 radar, - 1 × medium range AESN MM/SPS-774, - 1 × navigation radar SMA MM/SPN-703, - 1 × SADOC-2 combat system, - 1 × sonar system DE-1164/1167, - 1 × SPS-52C 3D radar, - 1 × surface radar AMS MM/SPS-702, - 1 × TACAN URN-25, - 4 × AESN Orion RTN-30X (MM/SPG-76)
Armament · 7
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → - 1 × Albatross octuple launcher for Selenia Aspide SAM, - 1 × Mk 13 launcher with 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles, - 1 × Otobreda 127 mm gun, - 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo launchers WASS B515/3, - 3 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun, - 4 × Milas anti submarine missile, - 4 × OTOMAT Mk2 SSMs
Propulsion · 4
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → - 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230-20-DVM 9,396 kW (12,600 hp), - 2 × General Electric/Avio LM2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 kW (55,000 hp), - 6 x diesel engine generators Fincantieri DMD 203-6, - CODOG scheme:
Electronic warfare & decoys · 3
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → - 2 x SAGEM Sagaie decoy launching system, - ASW AN/SLQ-25 Nixie, Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System, - ECM system Elettronica SLQ-732 NETTUNO
Cost · 2
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → Lire 1498 billion (equivalent to €1.28 billion in 2019) for two ships (1981-1993), Lire 749 billion (equivalent to €640 million in 2019) per unit
Displacement · 2
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → - 4,500 t (4,400 long tons), standard, - 5.560 t (5.472 long tons), full load
Active · 1
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → 0
Aircraft carried · 1
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → 2 helicopters
Aviation facilities · 1
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → double hangar
Beam · 1
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → 16.1 m (53 ft)

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Important terminology

ships class missiles mm two de la guns also navy one systems system missile durand penne italian new ship destroyers

Durand de la Penne-class destroyer relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 48 structured relationships around Durand de la Penne-class destroyer. Examples in this analysis include Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → Active → 0 and Durand de la Penne-class destroyer → Aircraft carried → 2 helicopters. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerActive01.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerAircraft carried2 helicopters1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerArmament- 1 × Otobreda 127 mm gun1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerArmament- 3 × Oto Melara 76/62 mm Super Rapido gun1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerArmament- 1 × Albatross octuple launcher for Selenia Aspide SAM1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerArmament- 1 × Mk 13 launcher with 40 Standard SM-1MR missiles1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerArmament- 4 × OTOMAT Mk2 SSMs1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerArmament- 4 × Milas anti submarine missile1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerArmament- 2 × 324 mm triple torpedo launchers WASS B515/31.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerAviation facilitiesdouble hangar1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerBeam16.1 m (53 ft)1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerBuildersFincantieri, Riva Trigoso (La Spezia)1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerBuilt1989–19921.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerCancelled21.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerComplement3801.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerCompleted21.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerCostLire 1498 billion (equivalent to €1.28 billion in 2019) for two ships (1981-1993)1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerCostLire 749 billion (equivalent to €640 million in 2019) per unit1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerDisplacement- 4,500 t (4,400 long tons), standard1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerDisplacement- 5.560 t (5.472 long tons), full load1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerDraught5 m (16 ft)1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerElectronic warfare & decoys- ECM system Elettronica SLQ-732 NETTUNO1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerElectronic warfare & decoys- 2 x SAGEM Sagaie decoy launching system1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerElectronic warfare & decoys- ASW AN/SLQ-25 Nixie, Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) System1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerIn commission1992–20261.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerLength147.7 m (485 ft)1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerNameDurand de la Penne class1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerOperatorsItalian Navy1.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerPlanned41.00infobox
Durand de la Penne-class destroyerPreceded byAudace class (1971)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Durand de la Penne-class destroyer bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Durand, La and Penne. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • System
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    • One
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    • Missile
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    • Two
    • Made
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    • Type
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  • 5"/54 caliber mark 45 gun
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    • Gun
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    • Systems
    • Standard
    • Audace
    • Km
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    • Italian
    • Navy

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Durand de la Penne-class destroyer, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Durand de la Penne-class destroyer with Origins. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer — Origins · splits 16 ⟂ 29
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer — Overview · splits 39 ⟂ 6
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer — Weaponry · splits 40 ⟂ 5
Durand de la Penne-class destroyer — Service · splits 41 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Durand de la Penne-class destroyer

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples48
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Durand de la Penne-class destroyer to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Standards, Origins & Weaponry, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Durand de la Penne-class destroyer · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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