Coastal transport ship Levanzo (A 5366), Messina, 2013 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Ponza |
Builders | Cantiere Navale Mario Morini, Ancona |
Operators | Italian Navy |
In commission | 1988-1990 |
Planned | 5 |
Building | 5 |
Completed | 5 |
Active | 5 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Coastal transport ship |
Displacement | |
Length | 56.72 m (186 ft 1 in) LOA |
Beam | 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 3.06 m (10 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) |
Crew | 32 (of which 3 officials) |
Sensors and processing systems | 1 x GEM Elettronica MM/SPN-754 v2 navigation radars |
Notes | 1 x 15 t (15 long tons) cranes |
The Ponza class is a series of five Coastal transport ships of the Marina Militare, named as Moto Trasporto Fari, MTF (Lighthouses Vessels).
Ponza class ships are designed for: [1]
Ship Ponza is a unit of type Motion Transport Lighthouses (M.T.F.), which takes the name of the homonymous island of the Pontian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, launched in 1988, in force to the First Group Auxiliary Ships (COMGRUPAUS UNO), was relocated to the First Naval Division (COMDINAV UNO) in 2021.
The vessel is primarily used for activities related to the maintenance and proper functioning of maritime signals necessary to ensure safe navigation in coastal waters. For this reason the unit is equipped with a crane and a winch capable of lifting respectively up to 15 and 20 tons of weight needed to move the heavy boulders of which the signals themselves are composed.
Ship Ponza, in addition to the activities related to the Lighthouses Campaign, a task for which it was designed in the past, has carried out several operations in favor of the population, such as the transport of humanitarian aid to the Bosnian people in the years 1995 - 1996 and the conduct, concurrently with the civil protection, of the Forest Fire Emergency Campaign in the North East of Sardinia. The unit, moreover, is employed in activities related to the training of future ship commanders, which School of Naval Command and Traineeship of maneuver for officers (Tir.M.Uff.).
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Name | Pennant number | Hull number | Displacement tonnes, f.l. | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Initial number | wiki commons | ||
Ponza | A 5364 | MTF 229 [3] | 685 | 25 March 1987 | 24 September 1988 | 9 December 1988 | MTF-1304 [4] | |||
Levanzo | A 5366 | MTF 230 | 658,88 | 25 March 1987 | 21 June 1989 | 6 September 1989 | MTF-1305 |
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Tavolara | A 5367 | MTF 231 | 685,59 | 25 March 1987 | 28 November 1988 | 28 February 1989 | MTF-1306 |
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Palmaria | A 5368 | MTF 232 | 685,89 | 25 March 1987 | 25 February 1989 | 19 May 1989 | MTF-1307 [5] |
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Procida | A 5383 | MTF 238 | 584 | 14 September 1989 | 23 June 1990 | 14 November 1990 | MTF-1308 |
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