Esploratore-class patrol boat

Patrol ship Vedetta (P 407), Tiran strait, 2007
Class overview
Name: Esploratore class
Builders: Cantieri Navali Istria, CLEMNA and SIMAN Srl in Cadimare, La Spezia
Operators:  Marina Militare
In commission: 1997-2005
Building: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Displacement:
  • 181.5 tonnes standard
  • 211 tonnes full load
Length:
  • 34.65 m (113 ft 8 in) pp
  • 37.16 m (121 ft 11 in) oa
Beam: 7.06 m (23 ft 2 in)
Draught: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 x engine diesels Isotta Fraschini V-1712-T2-MD (3260 kW)[1]
  • 2 x diesel generators engines Scania (2 x 135 kW)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) maximum
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Crew: 16 (2 officers, 14 sailors)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radars
Armament:
  • 1 x 12,7 mm Browning M2HB (A61ADF)
  • 2 × 7,62 mm MG 42/59 machine guns

The Esploratore class [2] is a series of four coastal patrol boats of the Italian Navy. They are designed and built for patrol on Multinational Force and Observers (M.F.O) peace-keeping mission, in Sinai (Red Sea).

Ships

Pennant
number 		Hull
number 		Shipyard Laid Down Launched Commissioned Motto
Esploratore P 405 195 [3] Istria, Cadimare La Spezia 14 February 1995 4 November 1996 14 July 1997 Videx post fata surgo
Sentinella P 406 196 [4] Istria, Cadimare La Spezia 14 February 1995 13 November 1997 10 July 1998 All'erta stò
Vedetta P 407 197 [5] CLEMNA, Cadimare La Spezia 14 February 1995 11 January 1997 29 July 1999 Cor meum vigilat
Staffetta P 408 SIMAN Srl,[6] Cadimare La Spezia 24 May 1997 12 January 2001 6 July 2005 Ubi navis ibi Patria

References

  1. ↑ http://www.isottafraschini.it/ricMotori.aspx?tipo=Propulsione
  2. ↑ http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/PattugliatoriCostieri_PB.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.uniproget.com/it/reference_detail.asp?rfId=2
  4. ↑ http://www.uniproget.com/it/reference_detail.asp?rfId=3
  5. ↑ http://www.uniproget.com/it/reference_detail.asp?rfId=4
  6. ↑ http://www.simansrl.com/sites/default/files/allegati/C.977%20-%20PATTUGLIATORE%20COSTIERO.pdf
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