Hellenic Navy inspects Italian FREMM frigate ahead of potential acquisition

Hellenic Navy officers visited the Italian FREMM frigate Carlo Bergamini connected Monday to inspect it up of a imaginable aboriginal acquisition.

The onboard inspection took spot during the warship’s departure from the Salamis Naval Base.

The frigate is 1 of two the Hellenic Navy seeks to get from Italy, expected toward the extremity of the 2020s.

Today’s visit was chiefly intended to reaffirm Greece’s interest, arsenic the conditions and the weapons systems of the frigate are expected to alteration successful the coming years.

Moreover, during the inspection cardinal systems such arsenic the radar and the anti-submarine sonar were not activated.

“We cognize this frigate well, but today was an accidental to take a person look,” sources told Kathimerini.

In the coming months, the Hellenic Navy will inspect the 2nd Italian FREMM, Virginio Fasan, anterior to the signing of a imaginable memorandum of understanding betwixt Athens and Rome.

The Greek broadside besides wishes to support unfastened the anticipation of acquiring two further Italian FREMMs aft 2030.