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The ninth ship in the ten-vessel FREMM frigate fleet was delivered to the Italian Navy on 15 April. Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo, handed over the new vessel Spartaco Schergat at Fincantieri’s Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The FREMM programme began in 2005 and delivered its first ship in 2012. It was envisaged as a multi-functional class, with four general purpose frigates, four anti-submarine warfare (ASW) vessels and two enhanced anti-
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