Ninfe-class research vessel
Galatea at the Port of Livorno, 2013 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Ninfe class |
Builders | Intermarine, Sarzana (La Spezia) |
Operators | Italian Navy |
Preceded by | Mirto and Pioppo |
In commission | 2002 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Survey vessel |
Displacement | 415 t (408 long tons) full load |
Length | 39.21 m (128 ft 8 in) LOA |
Beam | 12.6 m (41 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Range | 1,700 nmi (3,100 km; 2,000 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 31 |
Sensors and processing systems | 2 x navigation radar GEM Elettronica SPN-753 |
The Ninfe class of survey vessels [2] consists of two catamaran hulls operated by the Marina Militare Italiana.
Features
They was designed to carry out hydro-oceanographic surveys at high sea and in harbours and shallow waters, in order to guarantee the production and updating of nautical charts.
Main activities:
[3]
- sounding
- minimum depth
- topography of shorelines and port facilities
- seabed features
- collection of nautical and geographical data for the updating of nautical documentation
- detection of sunken vessels or dangerous underwater obstacles
The collected data are then processed by means of dedicated software programs and then used to produce:
- paper and electronic nautical charts for the safety of navigation
- Additional Military Layers
- nautical, scientific and technical documentation for mariners
- oceanographic databases for scientific purposes
Characteristics
It is fitted with:
- multi-beam echo sounder Simrad EM300 (30 kHz)[4]
- single-beam echo sounder Simrad EA500 (12, 120 e 200 kHz)
- single-beam echo sounder Atlas Deso 25 (33, 100 e 210 kHz)
- Side Scan Sonar towed Simrad MS992
- differential and RTK satellite positioning systems
- Sippican XBT MK21 bathythermograph system
- CTD profiler with rosette system Ocean Seven 316 used for water sampling at different depths
- Van Veen buckets
- Sindel weather station
The ship is equipped one survey motor-boat for coastal and shallow water surveys fitted with:
- single beam Simrad EA400 (38 e 200 kHz)
- multi-beam echo sounders Simrad EM3000 (300 kHz)
Ships
Italian Navy - Ninfe class | ||||||||||
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Name | Pennant number | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Motto | |||||
Aretusa | A 5304 | 9 May 2000 | 10 January 2002 | Arethusa undis prospicit | ||||||
Galatea | A 5308 | 7 June 2000 | 10 January 2002 | Felix Galatea vivas |
References
- ^ "The Ninfe Class". Intermarine.it. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ "Idrografiche costiere – Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ "Aretusa – Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ^ "Navy Installs New Multibeam Echo Sounders". Marinelink.com. 2003-12-18. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Galatea (A 5308).
- Aretusa (A 5304) Marina Militare website
- Galatea (A 5308) Marina Militare website
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