MTP96-class landing craft

Class overview
Name	MTP96 class
Builders	Studioplast, Casale sul Sile (Venezia) and various shipyards
Operators	Italian Navy   Italian Army
In service	1996
General characteristics
Type	Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel
Displacement	- 14  t (14 long tons) full load - 8.5  t (8.4 long tons) light
Length	13.1 m (43 ft 0 in) LOA
Beam	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) over all
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Depth	0.7 m (2 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	- Waterjet - 2 x Castoldi Jet Turbodrive 282 - 2 x diesel engines, 515 kW (691 bhp)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h) loaded 27 knots (50 km/h) light
Range	100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	3

The MTP96 class is a series of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel used by the Italian Navy and Italian Army. ^[1]

History

Twenty of these crafts are operated aboard the three San Giorgio-class ships and used by the San Marco Marine Brigade at Brindisi Naval Station homeport. A few others are used by 1st Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima" of the Italian Army in the Venice lagoon.

Landing craft

Name	Pennant number	Hull number	Launched	Commissioned	Notes
Italian Navy - MTP96 class
MTP96	MDN94
MTP96	MDN95
MTP96	MDN96
MTP97	MDN97				[2]
MTP96	MDN98
MTP96	MDN99				[3]
MTP96	MDN100
MTP96	MDN101
MTP96	MDN102
MTP96	MDN103
MTP96	MDN104
MTP96	MDN108
MTP96	MDN109
MTP96	MDN114
MTP96	MDN115
MTP96	MDN116				[4]
MTP96	MDN117
MTP96	MDN118
MTP96	MDN119
MTP96	MDN120				[5]
Italian Army - MTP96 class
MTP96	287			2002	[6]
MTP96
MTP96
MTP96

References

1. "Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
2. "Rescue boat on ship". Archived from the original (JPG) on 2016-12-21.
3. "Navy ship". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
4. "Rescue boat on ship". Archived from the original (JPG) on 2016-12-21.
5. "Rescue boat with people in it". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.
6. "Another boat". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20.

External links

• Ships Marina Militare website