Simeto-class water tanker

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.

Class overview
NameSimeto
Builders
  • - Cantiere Navale De Poli (Pellestrina, Venezia): Ticino and Tirso
  • - C.I.N.E.T. (Molfetta, Bari): Simeto
Operators
Planned3
Building3
Completed3
Active3
General characteristics
TypeAuxiliary 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[1]
  • Simeto:
  • 68.35 m (224 ft 3 in) oa
Beam10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Crew29
Sensors and
processing systems
2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN-748
Notesship tanker, for 1.200 t (1.181 long tons) of water

Ships

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  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

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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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