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Italian ship Anteo (A5309)
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Anteo A5309
Career Naval Ensign of Italy Italy
Name: Anteo
Builder: Cantiere Navale Ernesto Breda, Marghera, (Venezia)
Laid down: 20 July 1977
Launched: 11 November 1978
Commissioned: 31 July 1980
In service: 1
Homeport: La Spezia
Identification:
Motto: In undis per undas pro vita
Status: Active
General characteristics
Type: submarine rescue ship
Displacement: 3,874 tonnes (full-load).[1]
Length: 98.4 m (322 ft 10 in)
Beam: 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:
  • 3 x diesel generators GMT A-230-12 (1,560 kW each)
  • 2 x electric engine Magneti Marelli (4,410 kW)[2]
  • 1 x shaft
  • 2 x bow thrusters
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range:
  • 10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
  • 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 141
Sensors and
processing systems:
2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radars AN/SPN-748[3]
Armament: 2 × Oerlikon 20/70 mm or Browning M2HB 12,7 mm
Notes:
  • - flight deck
  • - retractile hangar for one medium helicopter (AB-212 class)
  • - 1 x 12 t crane
  • - 1 × 6 t crane
US Navy 050628-N-1464F-001 The Italian submarine rescue vehicle SRV-300 is launched from the Italian salvage ship Anteo

SRV-300 is launched from Anteo, 2005

Anteo (A5309) is a submarine rescue ship of the Italian Navy, assigned to Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori "Teseo Tesei" (COMSUBIN).[4] ITS Anteo is the third ship to bear this name in the Italian Navy. The ship’s design was developed by the "Ufficio Navi Speciali del Reparto Progetti Navi" (Special Office of the Ships Projects Division), according to the guidelines provided by the Navy General Staff. The ship was built at Cantiere Navale Breda di Porto Marghera and commissioned to the Italian Navy on 31 July 1980.

Characteristics[]

Mmi A5309

Anteo at Malaga

It is fitted with:[5]

  • SDC system for submarine rescue up to 250 m deep[6]
  • SRC Submarine Rescue Chamber: Mc-Cann rescue bell, for submarine rescue up to 120 m deep;[7] height: 4 m, diameter: 2,20 m, displacement 9,5 tonnes, 6 survivors per cycle;
  • DRASS Galeazzi SRV-300 deep-submergence rescue vehicle[8] for submarine rescue up to 300 m deep; 12 survivors per cycle;[9] length overall 8.46 m, width overall 3.13 m, height (without skirt) 3.17 m, displacement 27.3 tonnes (since 1980 and until 2002 was used Breda MSM-1S USEL deep-submergence rescue vehicle);
  • 3 x hardsuit atmospheric diving suit (ADS) systems of Oceanworks International for submarine rescue up to 300 m deep[10]
  • 1 x SAAB Seaeye Falcon ROV
  • 1 x Gaymarine Pluto ROV
  • 1 x hull mounted Konsberg Simrad EM 1002 multi beam sonar[11]
  • 1 x DRASS Galeazzi compression chamber for 12 persons
  • 2 x DRASS Galeazzi compression chambers for 6 and 3 persons

See also[]

References[]




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