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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

MDN94 landing craft (1985 - 1994)

Names

MDN94-104

MDN108, 109

MDN114-120

Builders

Tecnomatic, Ancona: MDN94, 95

Tecnomatic, Bari: MDN96-104

Tecnoplast, Venezia: MDN108, 109, 114-120

Commissioned

1985: MDN94, 95

1987-1988: MDN96-104

1991-1994: MDN108, 109, 114-120

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): MDN94-104, 108, 109, 114-120

 

Displacement standard, t

8

Displacement full, t

14

Length, m

13.1

Breadth, m

3.80

Draught, m

0.70

No of shafts

MDN94-104, 108, 109, 114-117: 2

MDN118-120: 2 waterjets

Machinery

2 Fiat-AIFO 8361-SRM diesels

Power, h. p.

700

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

100(12)

Armament

none

Electronic equipment

none

Military load

45 troops or 4.5t cargo

Complement

3

   

Project history: GRP personnel launches for use with the San Giorgio class. Assigned NATO "L"-series pennants are no longer carried, and the craft have been renumbered from the original MTP (Mototrasporti Personale) series to MDN. The last three built had waterjets, and the propellers are being replaced by waterjets in the earlier units. Have a small bow ramp and can transport light vehicles.

Modernizations: 1990s-2000s, MDN94-104, 108, 109, 114-117: propellers were replaced by 2 waterjets

Naval service: No significant events.

MDN101 2001

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