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ITALIAN NAVY WARSHIP FRANCESCO

MOROSINI TO MAKE SINGAPORE DEBUT

The Italian Navy warship Francesco Morosini will participate in the conduct of the ship and the majority of the
Warship Display at IMDEX Asia. Commenting on this year’s edi- maritime operations by only two operators, the
tion of IMDEX Asia 2023, H.E Ambassador Mario Andrea Vattani, pilot and the co-pilot, who incorporated the
Ambassador of Italy to Singapore and Brunei said “Italy participates figures of the duty officer on the bridge and the
in IMDEX Asia with its new state-of-the-art ship operating in the command.
Italian Navy: the “Francesco Morosini” Multipurpose Offshore Patrol
Vessel. Singapore will be the first port call in Asia of the ship’s five The Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vessel rep-
months global campaign, which marks Singapore’s prominence as resents the cutting-edge of Italian technology
a strategic hub. The unit will also be the stage for promoting our in the naval and electronic sector.
excellences in other fields, including culture and scientific research
as part of the ‘Italian Festival in Singapore’, the annual festival to The warship has a displacement of 6,000 tons
be held from May to July 2023.” and is 143 metres in length and 17.5 metres in
width. The Morosini, whose motto is Ex Undis
The brand new warship was delivered to the Italian Navy in October Signum Victoriae (from the waves presag-
2022, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). The PPA ing victory), will be the stage not only for
Vessel was named after Francesco Morosini, the 108th Doge of defence-related activities within the warship
Venice and General Sea Captain of the Venetian Fleet (1688 – 1694). display but also for institutional and cultural
events jointly organized by the Embassy of Italy
One of the main features of the Francesco Morosini is the new con- in Singapore and the Italian Defence Attaché
cept bridge “Naval Cockpit”, an integrated system that allows the Office in partnership with local institution.

PLA NAVY’S NEWEST The PLA Navy’s (PLAN) newest Type 055 guided-missile
destroyer Xianyang (Hull Number 108) recently departed
TYPE 055 DESTROYER from a naval port of the PLA Southern Theater Command to
BEGINS COMBAT TRAINING carry out combat training missions. The destroyer Xianyang
is China’s latest Type 055 destroyer and was commissioned
into the PLAN in March 2023. The new warship will be part
of the PLAN’s aircraft carrier task force. The PLAN’s first
10,000 tonne Type 055 guided-missile destroyer Nanchang
was officially commissioned into service in January 2020
and over the past three years, the Type 055 family has
been expanding. So far, the Chinese PLA Navy has officially
commissioned eight Type 055 guided-missile destroyers,
namely: the Nanchang (Hull 101), Lhasa (Hull 102), Anshan
(Hull 103), Wuxi (Hull 104), Dalian (Hull 105), Yan’an (Hull
106), Zunyi (Hull 107), and Xianyang (Hull 108). The Type
055 destroyer has a 130mm main gun, vertical launch mis-
sile systems and torpedoes amongst its weapon systems.
The warships can coordinate with surface and air combat
forces to carry out coordinated detection, command, and
countermeasure tasks, with stronger information processing
ability and a wider range of means to be used, as well as
optimal resources and performance.

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