Coastal oil tanker Favignana (A 5372), Messina, 2015 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Panarea class |
Builders | Cantieri Navali Ferrari (La Spezia) |
Operators | Italian Navy |
Planned | 4 |
Building | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal oil tanker |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) |
Capacity | |
Crew | 16 |
Sensors and processing systems | 2 × GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-753 navigation radar |
The Panarea class is a series of four coastal oil tankers of the Italian Navy designated as Moto Cisterna Costiera, MCC (NATO YOG). Since 5 October 2005 all vessels carry the motto Prompti ad Agendum.
Italian Navy - Panarea class | ||||||||||
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Ship | Pennant number | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Notes | Initial number | Wikimedia Commons | |||
Favignana | A 5372 | 10 July 1985 | 8 February 1986 | 17 May 1987 | for NATO F44/JP5 aviation fuel | MCC-1103 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Favignana (A 5372) . | |||
Linosa | A 5371 | 16 November 1985 | 6 December 1986 | for NATO F76 marine oil | MCC-1102 | |||||
Panarea | A 5370 | 26 October 1985 | 26 August 1986 | for NATO F76 marine oil | MCC-1101 | |||||
Salina | A 5373 | 1987 | 14 November 1987 | 20 May 1988 | for NATO F44/JP5 aviation fuel | MCC-1104 |
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