수상전투함 그리스, 이탈리아 해군 운용중인 FREMM 호위함 2척 도입 확정

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그리스가 이탈리아 해군의 FREMM 호위함 ITS 비르지니오 파산, ITS 카를로 베르가미니 2척을 도입하는 데 합의했네요. 2013년에 취역한 범용형(추후 대잠전 개량을 받은)이고, 2척을 추가로 도입할지 여부는 아직 불확실한 듯 합니다. 

기사를 체크해보니 기사완 달리 두 척 다 범용형은 아니고, 초도함인 ITS 카를로 베르가미니는 127mm 함포 장착하고 CAPTAS-4 예인소나 뺀 GP, 2번함인 비르지니오 파산은 76mm 함포와 CAPTAS-4 달고 RHIB 빼고 대함미사일도 4발만 단 ASW 형이네요. 

이탈리아와 그리스, 이탈리아 해군 FREMM 이전 확인

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이탈리아 해군 FREMM 호위함 ITS 비르지니오 파산

2021년 지중해에서 촬영된 이탈리아 해군 FREMM 호위함 ITS 비르지니오 파산. 이탈리아가 그리스에 판매하는 FREMM 2척 가운데 한 척이다. (프랑스 해군)

이탈리아와 그리스는 이탈리아 해군(ITN)의 FREMM 호위함 2척을 그리스 해군(HN)에 이전하는 협정에 서명했다.

로마에서 열린 회의에서 양국의 방위군수 담당 기관이 서명한 이번 최종 협정은 2025년 9월에 마련된 예비 합의에 뒤이은 것이다. 서명식에는 양국 국방장관과 해군참모총장도 참석했다.

협정 대상은 이탈리아 해군 베르가미니급의 첫 두 척인 선도함 ITS 카를로 베르가미니와 2번함 ITS 비르지니오 파산이다. 두 척 모두 범용 호위함으로 현재 이탈리아 해군에서 작전 운용 중이다.

이번 협정에는 함정 이전 계획과 함께 함정의 작전 준비태세를 확보하고 유지하는 데 필요한 초기 및 지속 지원 활동이 포함된다. 원 건조사인 이탈리아 기업 핀칸티에리는 이전 과정과 전 수명주기 가용성 유지 활동을 모두 지원할 예정이다. 동시에 그리스 방산업계는 함정을 정비하고 체계를 개량할 것이라고 핀칸티에리는 성명을 통해 밝혔다.

성명에서 핀칸티에리의 최고경영자 겸 총괄책임자인 피에로베르토 폴지에로는 이번 이전이 양국 간 전문성, 기술, 산업 역량의 더 폭넓은 통합을 향한 첫 단계이며, 지식 공유와 추가적인 기술 발전 기회를 구축하는 것이라고 언급했다.

이러한 맥락에서 이번 협정은 양국과 양국 해군 간 협력관계를 강화하기 위한 더 광범위한 노력의 일부로 추진되고 있다.

이탈리아 해군의 관점에서 보면, 두 척은 모두 2013년에 취역한 가장 오래된 FREMM 호위함들이다.

이탈리아는 2020~2021년에도 FREMM 2척을 이집트에 판매했는데, 이 함정들은 이탈리아 해군에 인도되기 전에 매각됐다.

이탈리아 해군의 FREMM 전력은 범용형, 대잠전(ASW) 특화형, 방공전(AAW) 중심형 호위함이 혼합돼 있다. 해군은 향상된 능력을 반영해 이 함급을 꾸준히 발전시켜 왔다. 이집트에 판매된 2척은 범용 플랫폼이었으며, 이후 범용/대잠전 혼합 구성을 갖춘 함정으로 대체됐고 이에 따라 ‘ASW 강화형’ 함정으로 불렸다. 이후에는 향상된 레이더를 도입한 또 다른 개량형이 개발됐으며, 이는 ‘FREMM Evo’ 함정으로 알려져 있다. 2025년 12월 이탈리아 해군은 차세대 구축함이 ‘FREMM Evo’ 설계를 기반으로 할 것이라고 발표했다. FREMM급이 임무 중심과 기술 측면에서 발전해온 가운데, 범용형의 판매는 해군이 전력을 향상할 수 있도록 했다.

그리스 해군의 경우, 최초 FREMM 협정에는 그리스가 이탈리아 해군 호위함 2척을 추가로 구매할 수 있는 옵션도 포함돼 있었다. 그리스는 중기수명개량(MLU)을 통해 MEKO 200HN 히드라급 호위함 4척을 현대화하고, 키몬/벨하라급으로 프랑스산 FDI(Frégate de Defense et d’Intervention) 호위함 4척을 구매하는 한편, FREMM 도입을 추진하면서 해군 수상전력 구조의 재자본화를 진행하고 있다.

MEKO 중기수명개량 사업은 함정들의 운용 수명을 2030년대까지 연장하는 것을 목표로 한다. 이 사업 계약은 2026년 5월 탈레스에 수여됐다.

그리스는 2025년 11월 네 번째 FDI 도입 계약을 체결했으며, 첫 번째 함정은 2025년 12월 인도됐다.

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Italy and Greece confirm‎ Italian Navy FREMM transfers - Armada International

Italy and Greece confirm‎ Italian Navy FREMM transfers - Armada International

Italy and Greece confirm‎ Italian Navy FREMM transfers

By

 Dr. Lee Willett

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September 9, 2026

The Italian Navy FREMM frigate ITS Virginio Fasan, pictured in the Mediterranean Sea in 2021, is one of two FREMMs Italy is selling to Greece. (French Navy)

Italy and Greece have signed an agreement to transfer two Italian Navy (ITN) FREMM frigates to the Hellenic Navy (HN).

This final agreement – signed at a meeting in Rome, by each country’s defence armaments directorates – follows a preliminary accord drawn up in September 2025. Also present at the signing ceremony were the two countries’ defence ministers and chiefs of navy.

The agreement covers the first two ships in the ITN’s Bergamini class – lead ship ITS Carlo Bergamini, and second-in-class vessel ITS Virginio Fasan. Both general-purpose frigates are in ITN operational service.

The agreement includes unit transfer plans, plus the initial and ongoing support activities required to enable and sustain the ships’ operational readiness. Italian company Fincantieri, the original shipbuilder, will support both the transfer process and life-cycle availability activities. At the same time, Greek industry will maintain the ships and upgrade their systems, Fincantieri said in a statement.

In the statement, Pierroberto Folgiero – Fincantieri’s chief executive officer and general manager – noted that the transfer is a first step within broader integration of expertise, technology, and industrial capability between the two countries, building knowledge sharing plus opportunities for further technological developments.

In this context, the agreement is intended to be part of wider efforts to strengthen partnering between the two countries and their respective navies.

From the ITN’s perspective, the two ships are its two oldest FREMM frigates, both entering service in 2013.

Italy also sold two FREMMs to Egypt in 2020-21, before the ships were delivered to the ITN.

The ITN’s FREMM flotilla includes a mix of general-purpose, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) specialist, and anti-air warfare (AAW) focused frigates. The navy has been steadily evolving the class with improved capabilities. The two ships sold to Egypt were general-purpose platforms; they were replaced with ships bringing a mixed general-purpose/ASW configuration and thus referred to as ‘ASW-enhanced’ vessels. Subsequently, another evolution – introducing improved radar and known as the ‘FREMM Evo’ ships – has been developed. In December 2025, the navy announced that its next-generation destroyers would be based around the ‘FREMM Evo’ design. As the FREMM class has evolved in task focus and technology, sales of general-purpose variants have allowed the navy to enhance its capability.

For the HN, the initial FREMM agreement included the option for Greece to buy two additional ITN frigates. Alongside modernising its four MEKO 200HN Hydra-class frigates through a mid-life upgrade (MLU) and purchasing four French FDI (Frégate de Defense et d’Intervention) frigates as its Kimon/Belharra class, the FREMM developments have helped deliver a recapitalisation of the navy’s surface force structure.

The MEKO MLU activity is intended to extend the vessels’ service life into the 2030s: a contract for this work was awarded to Thales in May 2026.

Greece contracted its fourth FDI in November 2025, and the first was delivered in December 2025.

by Dr Lee Willett

응. 정리해보면, 그리스에 넘어가는 두 척은 이탈리아 FREMM 전력의 “초기 세대”라는 공통점은 있지만, 서로 같은 세부형은 아니야. 그리고 아까 번역한 Armada 기사에는 중요한 오류로 보이는 부분도 하나 있어. 기사는 두 척 모두 범용형(GP)이라고 썼지만, 이탈리아 해군 공식 자료에 따르면 카를로 베르가미니는 GP형, 비르지니오 파산은 ASW형이야. ([Marina Difesa][1])

간단히 비교하면 이래.

| 함정              | 원래 형식          | 주 임무 성격             | 가장 눈에 띄는 차이                                   |
| --------------- | -------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Carlo Bergamini | GP             | 범용/대수상·대지 타격        | 함수 127mm/64 Vulcano 함포, 대함미사일 8발, 대형 RHIB 운용  |
| Virginio Fasan  | ASW            | 대잠전 특화              | CAPTAS-4 저주파 가변심도 예인소나, 76mm 함포 2문, 대잠전 장비 강화 |
| 후속 초기 FREMM     | GP 또는 ASW      | 위 두 형식의 발전형         | 기본 구조는 동일하되 건조 차수가 뒤로 갈수록 일부 전자장비·체계 개선       |
| ASW Enhanced    | GP+ASW 혼합에 가까움 | 강력한 대잠전 + 범용성       | CAPTAS-4 유지하면서 최신 CMS/전자전·사이버 방호 등 개선         |
| FREMM Evo       | 차세대 개량형        | 방공·센서·네트워크 능력 대폭 향상 | 신형 레이더·전자전·전투체계 등 최신화                         |

이탈리아 초기 FREMM의 가장 큰 분기점은 GP와 ASW야. 두 형식은 선체와 CODLAG 추진체계, 기본 방공체계, 헬기 2대 운용능력, 함수 소나 등 상당 부분을 공유해. 길이 약 144m, 만재배수량 약 6,900톤, 최고속력 약 27노트, 15노트에서 약 6,000해리라는 플랫폼 성능도 기본적으로 같다. ([Marina Difesa][1])

그런데 카를로 베르가미니 같은 GP형은 좀 더 “다목적 수상전투함” 쪽이야. 가장 쉽게 알아볼 수 있는 특징이 함수의 127/64 LW 함포야. Vulcano 장거리 유도탄을 사용할 수 있어서 100km가 넘는 거리의 육상 표적까지 공격할 수 있어. 여기에 Teseo Mk2A 대함미사일 8발을 갖추고, 선미에는 특수전 등에 사용할 수 있는 11m급 RHIB을 신속하게 진수·회수하는 설비도 있어. 반면 대잠전용 CAPTAS-4 예인소나는 없어. ([Marina Difesa][1])

반대로 비르지니오 파산 같은 ASW형은 127mm 함포 대신 76/62 Strales 계열 함포를 2문 탑재하고, 무엇보다 CAPTAS-4 저주파 가변심도소나(VDS)와 다기능 예인배열소나가 들어가. 함수 소나만 사용하는 GP형과 비교하면 원거리 잠수함 탐지·추적 능력이 훨씬 강해. 대신 대함미사일은 공식 이탈리아 해군 자료상 Teseo Mk2A 4발로 GP형의 절반이고, GP형의 대형 RHIB 설비가 들어갈 공간도 대잠 장비가 차지해. ([Marina Difesa][1])

그래서 그리스 입장에서 보면 의외로 꽤 좋은 조합이야. 단순히 “중고 FREMM 2척”을 받는 게 아니라, 하나는 GP형인 카를로 베르가미니로 장거리 함포 사격·대수상전·다목적 임무에 쓰고, 다른 하나인 비르지니오 파산은 본격적인 대잠전 플랫폼으로 쓸 수 있어. 두 척을 묶으면 작은 규모로나마 서로 다른 전문성을 가진 FREMM 한 쌍이 되는 셈이지.

다만 이 두 척은 각각 이탈리아 FREMM 계열의 1번함과 2번함으로, 2012~2013년 인도된 가장 오래된 축에 속해. 이탈리아는 이후 같은 GP/ASW 계열을 계속 건조하면서 장비를 개선했고, 최근에는 한 단계 더 나간 ASW Enhanced형을 도입했어. 이 형식은 기존 ASW형의 CAPTAS-4를 유지하면서 최신 함정관리체계, 전자전장비, 능동 사이버 방호 등 후대 이탈리아 함정에 적용된 개선사항을 집어넣었지. ([Naval News][2])

그래서 이탈리아가 이번에 두 척을 내놓는 논리도 꽤 선명해 보여. 단순히 “오래됐으니 처분한다”라기보다, 초기형 GP 1척 + 초기형 ASW 1척을 빼내면서 이탈리아 해군 전체 FREMM 전력을 ASW Enhanced와 앞으로의 FREMM Evo 같은 더 최신 구성으로 점차 끌어올리는 거야. 과거 이집트에 초기 GP형 2척을 팔고 그 자리를 ASW Enhanced 계열로 보충했던 것과 비슷한 흐름이지. ([Naval News][2])

한마디로 압축하면, **카를로 베르가미니는 “127mm 함포와 대수상·대지 능력을 중시한 GP형”, 비르지니오 파산은 “CAPTAS-4를 갖춘 본격 ASW형”**이야. 그리스는 서로 다른 두 전문형을 한 척씩 가져가고, 이탈리아는 가장 오래된 두 척을 정리하면서 FREMM 전력을 최신형으로 재편하는 그림이라고 보면 가장 정확해.

[1]: https://www.marina.difesa.it/noi-siamo-la-marina/pilastro-logistico/log_amm/marinalles/Pagine/FREMM.aspx?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Fregate Europee Multi Missione - FREMM - Marina Militare"
[2]: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/05/in-details-the-italian-navys-new-asw-enhanced-bergamini-class-fremm/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "In Details: The Italian Navy's new ASW-enhanced Bergamini-class FREMM - Naval News"