MM: last ammaina flag of the Minerva and Sibilla corvettes

12/05/15

On Thursday 14 May, at 10.30 at the Tullio Marcon Quay in Augusta (SYR), headquarters of the Command of the Patrol Forces for Coastal Surveillance and Defense, Comforpat, will take place the ceremony of the last flag of the Corvettes Minerva and Sibilla that , after more than 25 years of activity at the service of institutions and the community, they will be formally laid up.

These two units will only be replaced in the 2021 and 2022 when the first two new patrol boats, financed by the 2015 stability law, will enter the line and when the fleet is already reduced by around 45% with respect to the current size.

With the cancellation of the two corvettes Minerva (opening photo) and Sibilla (below) from the naval naval roles, the process of downsizing of the Navy ships continues which, due to the aging of the Naval Squadron, in the next decade will radiate 51 of the 60 current ships in service.

The two corvettes laid up by the Italian Navy will be sold to Fincantieri for subsequent sale to Bangladesh.

The battle flag of both naval units will be handed over to the Chief of Staff of the Navy, team admiral Giuseppe De Giorgi, to then be kept in Rome inside the Altare della Patria in the Shrine Museum of the Armed Forces flags.