Porto-class tugboat

Class overview
Name	Porto class
Builders	Cantiere Navale Giacalone (Napoli) 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 &; processing systems	2 x navigation radar GEM Elettronica SPN-748
Notes	can be fitted with echo-sounder Honeywell-Elac Nautik LAZ-50

Last updated December 16, 2025

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." regiamarinaitaliana.forumgratis.org.
↑ "Libero - Community - I siti personali".
↑ "Messaggio Forum".
↑ "Messaggio Forum".

External links

Ships Marina Militare website

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[1] "La Marina Militare Italiana Dal 1981 al 1990". 25 November 2011.

[2] "Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.

[3] "Forum Regia Marina -> Taranto - Le unità della M.M." regiamarinaitaliana.forumgratis.org.

[4] "Libero - Community - I siti personali".

[5] "Messaggio Forum".

[6] "Messaggio Forum".

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v t e Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour ^S Giuseppe Garibaldi ^S
Amphibious ships	Trieste ^S San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale (Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class (Benson/Gleaves class)^X Fante class (Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class Orizzonte class
Frigates	Aldebaran class (Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Antilope class Gabbiano class ^C Alabarda ^S Albatros class Sentinella ^S Pietro De Cristofaro class Minerva class
Patrol boats	Thaon di Revel class (PPA) Cabrini class (UNPAV) Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class
Submarines	Enrico Tazzoli class (Gato class)^X Evangelista Torricelli class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X Livio Piomarta class (Tang class)^X Marconi class Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300 ^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Vulcano class Etna class Stromboli class Anteo ^S Marino class Elettra ^S Alliance ^S Leonardo ^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi ^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida ^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole ^S Porto class Cheradi ^S Argo ^S
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported

Porto-class tugboat

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