📋 Tender Overview
ScopeItalian Navy to be delivered A class of seven multi-role offshore patrol vessels Pattugliatori Polivalenti dAltura PPA by 2026. Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri is the prime contractor for the PPA-class vessels. Construction on the first patrol vessel began in February 2017. The ships are intended to perform a number of duties in Italys territorial waters. Their mission capabilities include patrolling surface combat anti-piracy monitoring protection and control of maritime zones and rescue of personnel in distress. The keel-laying ceremony of the first PPA in class Paolo Thaon di Revel was held at Fincantieris Muggiano shipyard in May 2017. The vessel was launched in June 2019. Construction of the second PPA vessel started at Fincantieris shipyard in Riva Trigoso Genova in October 2017. The first PPA will be delivered in 2021 while deliveries of the remaining vessels are scheduled to take place between 2022 and 2026. Each offshore patrol vessel will be able to carry up to 171 crew members. The overall length is approximately 143m while the length between perpendiculars is 133m. The depth and beams of the vessel are 10.5m and 16.5m respectively. An 11m-long rigid hull inflatable boat RHIB will be carried in the middle of the ship for patrol and transportation missions. Launch and recovery of the RHIB will be performed either by the lateral cranes located beside the RHIB or through a hauling ramp located at the rear. The vessels bridge is placed amidships. A hangar located at the aft of the vessel can hold up to two NH90 or one EH101 medium-lift utility helicopter. A flight deck which is placed next to the hangar near the stern of the ship is intended to support the operations of one NH90 or one EH101 helicopter. The vessel will feature two modular zones at the stern and centre of the hull allowing embankment of logistic residential healthcare and operating modules. The patrol vessel will be capable of supplying drinking water and 2000kW of electricity to land.
