San Giorgio was
laid down on 27 May 1985 and
launched on 21 February 1987 by
Fincantieri at
Riva Trigoso. She was
commissioned on 13 February 1988. Starting from December 1992 the
San Giorgio,
San Marco and the men of the San Marco Battalion took part in
Somalia in the Ibis I and Ibis II missions with the 24th Naval Group together with , and and with the 25th Naval Group together with the , the and . In mid-2006, the Italian Navy was one of the first to intervene in the
Lebanon War. Participating in Operation Mimosa '06 and subsequently in Operation Leonte with the
San Giusto,
San Marco and
San Giorgio in the front row together with , and the aircraft carrier
Giuseppe Garibaldi. The ships landed in the
port of Beirut, under the control of the
1st San Marco Regiment, tons of material intended for the population, field kitchens, ambulances, generators for the production of electricity, pneumatic tents, tons of medicines and tons of food. The food intended for the non-combatant civilian population was made available by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
Civil Protection, the
Italian Red Cross and the
United Nations World Food Program. In December 2014, she took part in the rescue operations of the , playing a decisive role in the success of the rescue operation. On 3 August 2016, in addition to fighting smugglers and human traffickers, they have received two additional tasks: the training of the
Libyan Coast Guard, the
Libyan Navy and the control of the
arms embargo towards
Libya in accordance with the resolutions of the
UN Security Council. Italy will play a decisive role, since the training will be under Italian guidance and will take place onboard
San Giorgio, where the first stages of the training of the Libyan Navy will take place already in September.
Rear Admiral Frumento replaced his Greek counterpart
Theodoros Mikropoulos who had been in command since October 19, 2020. He operated aboard the
San Giorgio which became the new flagship. == Gallery ==