Italian training ship Italia

Italia is a brigantine, active as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy.[1]

History
Name: Italia (A5314)
Owner: Fondazione tender to nave Italia
Operator: Marina Militare
Builder: Wiswa shipyard (Gdańsk, Poland)
Laid down: 1992
Launched: 30 March 1993
Commissioned: 1993
Recommissioned: 19 March 2007
In service: 1
Renamed:
  • Swan fan Makkum (1993),
  • Italia (2007)
Identification:
Motto: Sursum corda
Status: in service
Notes: Pennant number A5314
General characteristics
Type: Brigantine
Tonnage: 404 t (398 long tons) (gross tons)
Length:
  • - 61.0 m (200 ft 2 in) LOA
  • - 53.7 m (176 ft 2 in) LPP
Beam: 9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Height: 44.6 m (146 ft 4 in) at mainmast
Draught: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Sail plan: n. 14 - 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet)
Speed: 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)
Endurance: 15 days on engine prop with good weather
Complement:
  • - 45, of which:
  • - 21 crew
  • - 24 guests
Notes:

It is owned by Fondazione tender to nave Italia, a non-profit foundation for maritime contest development, with property shared by Italian Navy and Yacht Club Italiano.

History

Built at the shipyard Wiswa, Gdańsk (Poland) as Swan fan Makkum it is a Brigantine.

Named for Willem Sligting, Makkum, christened by Hinke de Vries, co-owner and wife, in a multilingual fashion: English, Polish and Frysian and after the ceremony launched in the river Wisla.

She is the largest brigantine in the world, as well as the largest two masted sailing vessel, with an overall length of 61 metres (200 ft).

She carries a maximum of 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet) of sail, and with an air draft of 44.6 metres (144 ft) is one of the tallest of the tall ships.

Swan fan Makkum was sold February 6, 2007 to Fondazione tender to nave Italia and renamed Nave Italia, commissioned to Italian Navy on 19 March 2007.

She will continue to appear as a competitor in the Tall Ships Race, her first appearance as Nave Italia was in the 2007 Mediterranean series.

References
  1. "Italia - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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