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MARIO MARINO commando support craft (1984)

 

Alcide Pedretti 1985

 

Names

MEN213 Mario Marino

MEN214 Alcide Pedretti

Builders

Intermarine-Crestitalia, Ameglia, La Spezia: MEN213, 214

Commissioned

1984: MEN213, 214

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1980s, diving tenders: MEN213, MEN214

 

Displacement standard, t

70

Displacement full, t

97

Length, m

22.9

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

1.06 hull 1.50 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Isotta-Fraschini ID36 SS12V diesels

Power, h. p.

3040

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

450(23)

Armament

decompression chamber
Military load swimmers

Complement

8

   

Project history: Typed MAS (Motoscafi Appoggio Subacquei). Built for Raggruppamento Incursori assault swimmers (COMSUBIN), based at La Spezia. GRP construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Soon after commission both craft were re-classified as auxiliaries (diving tenders) Y498 and 499 respectively.

Alcide Pedretti 1999

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