Delivery of “Spartaco Schergat”: Ninth FREMM Frigate Joins the Italian Navy Fleet

Last Tuesday, April 15, Fincantieri announced that it has delivered the ninth of the new FREMM frigates to the Italian Navy, which will bear the name “Spartaco Schergat” in honor of a sailor decorated in World War II for his work in the attack against the British battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. This is the last step to complete the fleet of ten ships commissioned from Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture that nucleates Fincantieri its…

Delivery of “Spartaco Schergat”: Ninth FREMM Frigate Joins the Italian Navy Fleet

On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, the Italian Navy officially received the multipurpose frigate Spartaco Schergat (F 598) at Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard in La Spezia. This vessel is the ninth unit of the FREMM (European Multi-Mission Frigate) program, developed under the Italian-French collaboration and managed by OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d’Armement). The tenth and final unit, Emilio Bianchi, is scheduled for deliver…