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History |
Italy |
Name | Alliance |
Owner | NATO |
Builder | Fincantieri – Cantiere Navale del Muggiano (La Spezia) |
Laid down | 18 June 1984 |
Launched | 9 July 1986 |
Commissioned |
- 15 April 1988 Germany
- 31 March 2016 Italy
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Homeport | La Spezia |
Identification | |
Status | Active |
General characteristics |
Type | Research vessel |
Tonnage | |
Displacement |
- 2.920 t (2.874 long tons) full load
- 2.466 t (2.427 long tons) standard
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Length |
- 93 m (305 ft 1 in) LOA[2]
- 82 m (269 ft 0 in) LPP
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Beam | 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) (molded) |
Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) full load |
Propulsion |
- Main diesel driven propulsion generators, 1,800 kW (2,400 bhp)
- auxiliary gas turbine driven propulsion generator, 967 kW (1,297 bhp)/400 kW (540 bhp)
- main generators:
- 2 x diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT B-230.12, silenced, 1,890 kW (2,530 bhp) each
- 2 x main generators [AEG] Type DKBL 634/06 1,799 kW (2,412 bhp)
- auxiliary generators:
- 1 x TAG Kongsberg KG2-3C, 1,430 kW (1,920 bhp) [3]
- 1 x auxiliary generator AEG Type DKBH 4504/04, dual rated 967 kW (1,297 bhp)/400 kW (540 bhp)
- electric propulsion engines:
- 2 x electric engines MEP SAM Electronic (ex-AEG) GC312/128/8 KZ 90/24, 1,470 kW (1,970 bhp)
- ship service engines:
- 3 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini ID36-SS-6V (silenced), 480 kW (640 bhp) each
- 2 x propeller
- 1 x bow thruster
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Speed | 16.3 knots (30.2 km/h; 18.8 mph) (sustained speed) |
Range | 9,450 nmi (17,500 km; 10,870 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) (Fuel consumption = approx. 8 tons per 24 hours of economical steaming at 16.3 knots (30.2 km/h; 18.8 mph). 5 tons per 24 hours of low speed scientific operations) |
Endurance | 30 days, port to port |
Complement |
- 69, of which:
- 44 crew, of which 5 officials (accommodations in 5 single suites, 1 single cabin and 19 double cabins)
- 25 scientists (accommodations in 1 single suite, 16 single cabins and 4 double cabins)
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Sensors and processing systems | |
Notes |
- [4]
- fuel capacity: 315 m3
- fresh water capacity: 100 t (98 long tons)
- 4 x cranes: 2 each of 5t SWL with 13m outreach, 2 each of 2t SWL of 10m outreach
- 2 x ‘A-frames, 1 forward 16t SWL, 1 aft 10t SWL (50t snap load)
- 2 x towing winches – 20t @ 12 knots
- 2 x diesel jet drive rigid inflatable workboats (RHIB): Delta/Yanmar TD 730 hp (540 kW) and MST/Volvo Delta TD 190 hp (140 kW)
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