Atlante-class tugboat

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Class overview
NameAtlante
BuildersCantiere Navale Visentini[2] Donada (Rovigo)
Operators Italian Navy
Built1975
In commission1976 [1]
Planned2
Building2
Completed2
Active1
Retired1
General characteristics
TypeDeep sea tugboats
Displacement750 t (740 long tons) full load
Length38.80 m (127 ft 4 in) LOA[3]
Beam9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Height4.10 m (13 ft 5 in)
Draught3.70 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew
  • - 23, of which:
  • - 1 official
  • - 22 sailors
Sensors and
processing systems
GEM Elettronica navigation radar MM/SPN-748

The Atlante class [4] is a series of two Deep sea tugboatss of the Italian Navy.

Ships[edit]

Atlante tugboats are equipped with a type Britannia tow cable with automatic release, long 400 m (diameter of 40 mm), with automatic towing winch for adjusting the shooting power.
They are equipped with exhaustion means for fire intervention on other units and a fixed installation for anti-pollution duties.

 Italian Navy - Atlante class
Name Pennant number Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Motto
Atlante A 5317 1974 1975 1976 10 October 2004[5] Su mundu accoddu
Prometeo A 5318 [6] 1974 1975 1976

References[edit]

  1. ^ "La Marina Militare Italiana Dal 1981 al 1990". 25 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Cantiere Navale Visentini – Reparti di Produzione". Cantierenavalevisentini.wordpress.com. 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  3. ^ "La Marina Militare Italiana Dal 1981 Al 1990 - Pagina 5 - Gli Eventi e le Battaglie". Betasom.it. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  4. ^ "Rimorchiatori - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "ITS Prometeo A5318".