Very much past, but "shock proof"....old Ironsides, the U.S.S. CONSTITUTION!
Back to current Italian ships; more on FREMM design.
"Country of origin Italy
Entered service 2013
Crew (general purpose variant) 199 men
Crew (ASW variant) 201 men
Sea endurance ?
Dimensions and displacement
Length 144.6 m
Beam 19.7 m
Draught 8.7 m
Displacement, standard ?
Displacement, full load 6 900 tons
Propulsion and speed
Speed 29 knots
Range 12 300 km at 15 knots
Propulsion CODLAG propulsion with single gas turbine (42 900 shp), 2 x electric motors (2.5 MW) and 4 diesel generators
Airwing
Helicopters 2 x NH90 or AW101
Armament
Artillery (general purpose variant) 1 x 127 mm, 1 x 76 mm
Artillery (ASW variant) 2 x 76 mm
Missiles 16-cell VLS for Aster-15 and Aster-30 air defense missiles, 4 x OTOMAT anti-ship missiles (GP variant), 4 x MILAS anti-submarine missiles (ASW variant)
Torpedoes 2 x triple launchers for MU90 lightweight torpedoes
The Italian Carlo Bergamini class warships were developed as a part of Franco-Italian FREMM multi-mission frigate program. Even though resulting Italian Carlo Bergamini class and French Aquitaine class ships look different, they use many common subsystems. The Carlo Bergamini class bears strong resemblance with the Horizon class, which was another joint Franco-Italian program.
These Italian Carlo Bergamini class warships are clearly destroyers, but being called frigates for political reasons. These vessels are larger than the French Aquitaine class ships.
There are two variants of the Carlo Bergamini class. One of them are general purpose destroyers, that are equally good at all aspects of naval warfare, while the other ships are optimized for anti-submarine warfare role. These have enhanced submarine hunting capabilities, but at a cost of reduced land attack and anti-ship capabilities.
Italy has ordered six of these warships."
Sure looks and sounds like a current, well balanced design; hopefully shock proof, too!
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NOT a design dedicated to basically useless hi-speed, but rather a
balance of useful attributes. They include, of course, today's modern "style" touches to minimize radar cross section.
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DFO
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