TRIESTE, Italy, June 6 (UPI) -- Steel has been cut this week at an Italian shipyard for the seventh FREMM multi-mission frigate for the Italian Navy.
The frigate will be 474 feet long, 65 feet in the beam and displace 7,728 tons. Its speed will be more than 27 knots, while its range will be more than 7,600 miles at 15 knots.