The Simeto class [2] is a class of three auxiliary ships built for the Italian Navy for emergency water replenishment of islands. One ship of the class, the Simeto, was transferred to the Tunisian Navy in 2003.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Simeto |
| Builders | |
| Operators |
|
| Planned | 3 |
| Building | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Active | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
|
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) |
| Crew | 29 |
| Sensors and processing systems | 2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN-748 |
| Notes | ship tanker, for 1.200 t (1.181 long tons) of water |
Ships
edit Italian Navy – Simeto class
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| Name | Pennant number |
Hull number |
Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Motto | Notes | ||
| Simeto | A 5375 | 3–86 | 4 April 1988 | 9 July 1988 | 30 June 2003 [3] | delivered 10 July 2003 to  Tunisian National Navyas Aïn Zaghouan | ||||
| Ticino | A 5376 | 149 [4] | June 1991 | 12 March 1994 | 10 June 1994 | In aqua salus | ||||
| Tirso | A 5377 | 150 | June 1991 | 29 September 1992 | 12 March 1994 | Per undas aquam gestum | ||||
References
edit- ^ "1072 – TIRSO e TICINO l.f.t. 69,82 – 1:50 – Associazione Navimodellisti Bolognesi". anb-online.it.
- ^ "Trasporto Acqua – Marina Militare". marina.difesa.it.
- ^ "DECRETI 5 luglio 2003 – Radiazione dal Quadro del Naviglio Militare dello Stato della Nave cisterna «SIMETO» - (Navarm)" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (Italy). 5 July 2003.
- ^ "REFERENCE LIST (Marine-Offshore-Navy)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
External links
edit- Ticino (A 5376) Marina Militare website
- Tirso (A 5377) Marina Militare website
