Sail training vessel Italia (A5314)

History
Name: Italia (A5314)
Owner: Fondazione tender to nave Italia
Operator: Marina Militare
Builder: Wiswa shipyard (Gdańsk, Poland)
Laid down: 1992
Launched: 30 march 1993
Commissioned: 1993
Recommissioned: 19 march 2007
In service: 1
Renamed:
Motto: Sursum corda
Fate: in service
Notes: Pennant number A5314
General characteristics
Type: Brigantine
Tonnage: 404 gross tons
Length: 61.0 m (200 ft 2 in) LOA; LPP:53.7 m (176 ft 2 in)
Beam: 9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Height: 44.6 m (146 ft 4 in) at mainmast
Draught: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Speed: 6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)
Endurance: 15 days on engine prop with good weather
Complement:
  • - 45, of which:
  • - 21 crew
  • - 24 guests
Notes:
  • - 1 x diesel engine Caterpillar D353 357.94 kW (480.01 bhp)
  • - 1 shaft
  • - 2 x diesel engine generators Mitsubishi 57 kW (76 bhp)
  • - 1 x Bow thrust

The Italia (A5314) vessel is a Brigantine, active as sails trainings vessel for the Marina Militare.[1]
It's owned by Fondazione tender to nave Italia: no-profit foundation for maritime contest development, with property shared by Marina Militare and Yacht Club Italiano.

History

Built at the shipyard Wiswa, Gdańsk (Poland) as Swan fan Makkum it's a Brigantine.
Named for Willem Sligting, Makkum, christened by Hinke de Vries, co-owner and wife, in a multilingual fashion: English, Polish and Frysian and after the ceremony launched in the river Wisla.
She is the largest brigantine in the world, as well as the largest two masted sailing vessel, with an overall length of 61 metres (200 ft).
She carries a maximum of 1,300 square metres (14,000 sq ft) of sail, and with an air draft of 44.6 metres (144 ft) is one of the tallest of the tall ships.
Swan fan Makkum was sold February 6, 2007 to Fondazione tender to nave Italia and renamed Nave Italia, commissioned to Marina Militare on 19 march 2007.
She will continue to appear as a competitor in the Tall Ships Race, her first appearance as Nave Italia was in the 2007 Mediterranean series.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Italia.aspx
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