Simeto-class water tanker

Class overview
Name	Simeto
Builders	- Cantiere Navale De Poli (Pellestrina, Venezia): Ticino and Tirso; - C.I.N.E.T. (Molfetta, Bari): Simeto;
Operators	2 x Italian Navy ; 1 x Tunisian National Navy ;
Planned	3
Building	3
Completed	3
Active	3
General characteristics
Type	Auxiliary ship
Displacement	Ticino and Tirso:; - 715 t (704 long tons), empty; - 2.027 t (1.995 long tons), full load; Simeto:; - 1.914 t (1.884 long tons), full load;
Length	Ticino and Tirso:; 69.84 m (229 ft 2 in) oa ; Simeto:; 68.35 m (224 ft 3 in) oa ;
Beam	10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught	3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	- 1 x shaft; - 2 x diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT 230.6-BL, 1.940 kW (2.602 bhp); - 3 x diesel engines generators AIFO 8281; - 1 x diesel engine generator AIFO 8361; - 1 x bow thruster;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Crew	29
Sensors &; processing systems	2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN-748
Notes	ship tanker, for 1.200 t (1.181 long tons) of water

Last updated December 16, 2025

The Simeto class^[2] is a class of three auxiliary ships built for the Italian Navy for emergency water replenishment of islands. One ship of the class, the Simeto, was transferred to the Tunisian Navy in 2003.

Ships

Italian Navy – Simeto class
Name	Pennant number	Hull number	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Motto	Notes
Simeto	A 5375	3–86		4 April 1988	9 July 1988	30 June 2003 ^[3]		delivered 10 July 2003 to Tunisian National Navy as Aïn Zaghouan
Ticino	A 5376	149 ^[4]	June 1991	12 March 1994	10 June 1994		In aqua salus
Tirso	A 5377	150	June 1991	29 September 1992	12 March 1994		Per undas aquam gestum

References

↑ "1072 – TIRSO e TICINO l.f.t. 69,82 – 1:50 – Associazione Navimodellisti Bolognesi". anb-online.it.
↑ "Trasporto Acqua – Marina Militare". marina.difesa.it.
↑ "DECRETI 5 luglio 2003 – Radiazione dal Quadro del Naviglio Militare dello Stato della Nave cisterna «SIMETO» - (Navarm)" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (Italy) . 5 July 2003.
↑ "REFERENCE LIST (Marine-Offshore-Navy)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.

External links

Ticino (A 5376) Marina Militare website
Tirso (A 5377) Marina Militare website

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[1] "1072 – TIRSO e TICINO l.f.t. 69,82 – 1:50 – Associazione Navimodellisti Bolognesi". anb-online.it.

[2] "Trasporto Acqua – Marina Militare". marina.difesa.it.

[3] "DECRETI 5 luglio 2003 – Radiazione dal Quadro del Naviglio Militare dello Stato della Nave cisterna «SIMETO» - (Navarm)" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (Italy) . 5 July 2003.

[4] "REFERENCE LIST (Marine-Offshore-Navy)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-19.

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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

Simeto-class water tanker

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