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
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  Tunisia 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[1] 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 and processing systems:	2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN-748
Notes:	ship tanker, for 1.200 t (1.181 long tons) of water

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  Tunisia 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

1. "1072 – TIRSO e TICINO l.f.t. 69,82 – 1:50 - Associazione Navimodellisti Bolognesi".
2. "Trasporto Acqua - Marina Militare".
3. http://www.difesa.it/SGD-DNA/GiornaleUfficiale/2004/Documents/35800_05.pdf
4. http://www.pompegarbarino.com/uploads/allegato/4_Reference%20List%20(Marine-Offshore-Navy)%20Nov.%202016.pdf