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MEN215 commando transports (1986)

Names

MEN215, 216

Builders

Intermarine-Crestitalia, Ameglia, La Spezia: MEN215, 216

Commissioned

1986: MEN215, 216

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019 as personnel launches): MEN215, 216

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

82

Length, m

27.3

Breadth, m

6.98

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Isotta-Fraschini ID36 SS12V diesels

Power, h. p.

3200

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

250(14)

Armament

none

Electronic equipment

SPN-732 radar

Military load

250 troops

Complement

4

   

Project history: Built to be carried by the Giuseppe Garibaldi as commando transports and for search-and-rescue, disaster relief, and other transport duties. GRP construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Soon after commission both craft were relegated to auxiliary role as personnel ferries.

MEN216 2008

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