Indonesia signs a contract with Italian company Fincantieri for the supply of 6 FREMM frigates Indonesia signs a contract with Italian company Fincantieri for the supply of 6 FREMM frigates Thursday, 10 June 2021 16:27
According to information released on June 10, 2021, Italian company Fincantieri, one of the most important shipbuilding groups in the world, and the Ministry of Defense of Indonesia have signed a contract for the supply of 6 FREMM class frigates, the modernization and sale of 2 Maestrale class frigates, and the related logistical support. There may be a collaboration between PT-PAL Shipyard in Java Island and Fincantieri.
Italian Navy FREMM-class frigate Carlo Bergamini F590. (Picture source Wikimedia)
Italy’s Super Battleship Roma Was Sunk By Nazi Germany
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Roma was the third Littorio-class battleship, and by all accounts, she was graceful in appearance – a testament to Italian designs – unlike the blocky designs of British or German battleships. She was well-armored, fast-moving, and quite capably armed. Built with a compartmented hull and an ingenious system of bulkheads and expansion cylinders the Roma was in theory as fortified as her namesake – where Rome’s mighty walls fended off attackers for centuries.
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