Porto-class tugboat

Class overview

Name	Porto class
Builders	Cantiere Navale Giacalone (Napoli) ^[1] and Cantiere Navale De Poli Pellestrina (Venezia)
Operators	Italian Navy
Planned	9
Completed	9
Active	9
General characteristics
Type	Coastal tugboat
Displacement	412 t (405 long tons) full load
Length	32.4 m (106 ft 4 in) LOA
Beam	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draught	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	- 1 x diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BL-230-8M, 1,177 kW (1,578 hp) - 2 x diesel engines generators, 200 kW (270 hp)
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Range	1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement	12
Sensors and processing systems	2 x navigation radar GEM Elettronica SPN-748
Notes	can be fitted with echo-sounder Honeywell-Elac Nautik LAZ-50

The Porto class of Coastal tugboats consists of nine units operated by the Marina Militare Italiana, named as Rimorchiatore Costiero.^[2]

Ships

These units are usable for relief, rescue and fire fighting.

Italian Navy – Porto class
Name	Pennant number	Shypyard	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Notes
Porto Fossone	Y 415	Cantiere Navale De Poli Pellestrina (Venezia)	1983		1985	^[3]
Porto Torres	Y 416	Cantiere Navale Giacalone Napoli	1983		January 1991
Porto Corsini	Y 417	Cantiere Navale De Poli Pellestrina (Venezia)	1983		1985
Porto Empedocle	Y 421	Cantiere Navale De Poli Pellestrina (Venezia)	1983	14 December 1985 ^[4]	1985
Porto Pisano	Y 422	Cantiere Navale De Poli Pellestrina (Venezia)	1983	20 August 1985	1985
Porto Conte	Y 423	Cantiere Navale De Poli Pellestrina (Venezia)	1983	20 September 1985	1985
Portoferraio	Y 425	Cantiere Navale De Poli Pellestrina (Venezia)	1983	3 April 1985	1985	^[5]
Portovenere	Y 426	Cantiere Navale Giacalone Napoli	1983	17 February 1985	1985	^[6]
Porto Salvo	Y 428	Cantiere Navale Giacalone Napoli	1983	4 July 1985	1985

References

^ "La Marina Militare Italiana Dal 1981 al 1990". 25 November 2011.
^ "Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
^ "Forum Regia Marina -> Taranto - le unità della M.M."
^ "Libero - Community - I siti personali".
^ "Messaggio Forum".
^ "Messaggio Forum".

External links

Ships Marina Militare website

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