Fincantieri’s General Manager Naval Vessels Division, to learn more about Fincantieri’s FCx30 proposal for the Hellenic Navy corvette program. The Italian shipbuilder competes with France’s Naval Group.

Mr. Deste confirmed that Fincantieri and ONEX Elefsis Shipyards are in negotiations with the Greek government for 3+1 FCx30 corvettes which will be built in Italy (for the firstinclass ship) and Greece (for the following three). This is the design that has been selected by the Qatari Emiri Navy as Al Zubarahclass (known also as Dohaclass); three of the four vessels in the class are already in active service since 2021. The version being proposed to the Hellenic Navy would feature an advanced antisubmarine warfare (ASW) suite with variable depth sonar (VDS) and hull mounted sonar (HMS).

“This corvette can be classified as a frigate thanks to its equipment and displacement which exceeds the 3,200 tons at full load.
It absolutely is a stateoftheart and wellproven design with the most advanced technology currently available on the market, designed on the same concept and with the same aim we had for the FREMM frigate, the best frigate on the market today, thought to stand out for its survivability and redundancy. It is not a coincidence that the US Navy selected this vessel design for its new Constellationclass frigate program.“