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ITALIAN NAVY (ITALY)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

V.5800 Customs patrol launches (1979 - 1985)

Names

V.5800-5833

Builders

Motomar, Lavagna

CN Ascolani, San Benedetto del Tronto

Mericraft, Napoli

Cantieri Balsamo, Brindisi

Cantieri San Prospero, Anagni

Completed

1979: V.5800-5805?, 5807

1980: V5806, 5808-5812?

1981: V5813-5833?

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2010: V5801, 5821, 5830

2012: V5806, 5825

2013: V5800, 5803, 5807, 5808, 5813, 5817, 5818, 5822, 5824, 5829, 5832, 5833

2017: V5804, 5809-5811, 5816, 5820, 5823, 5827, 5828, 58331

in service (2019): V5802, 5805, 5812, 5814, 5815, 5819, 5826

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

16

Length, m

12.6

Breadth, m

3.60

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Fiat-AIFO 828SRM diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

diesel oil 0.4
Endurance, nm(kts) 645(19)

Armament

1 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment Furuno radar

Complement

5

Project history: GRP construction. Keith Nelson-designed hulls. Near-sisters are in the coast guard and the Carabinieri fleets. All are essentially identical, unlike the coast guard series.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

V5819 2004

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