Italian ship Ercole (Y430)
History | |
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Italy | |
Name: | Ercole |
Namesake: | Ercole |
Builder: | Damen shipyard in Gdynia (Poland) |
Launched: | 2002 |
Acquired: | 2013 |
Commissioned: | 18 June 2014[1] |
In service: | 1 |
Homeport: | Taranto |
Identification: | Pennant number: Y430 |
Status: | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Coastal tugboat |
Displacement: | 540 tonnes (full-load) |
Length: | 28.67 m (94 ft 1 in) oa |
Beam: | 10.43 m (34 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion: | |
Notes: | towing fixed point: 52,5 tonnes |
Ercole (Y430) is a Coastal tugboat of the Italian Navy [2]
History
Ercole (Y430) is a tugboat designed on Damen Azimuth Stern Drive Tug 2810 plans.[3]
It was built in Damen Shipyards to Gdynia (Poland) and was delivered to Italian maritime operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti Spezzini La Spezia, on October 2002, named Levanto Secondo.
In 2013 it was sell to AID Agenzia Industrie Difesa (Defence Factories Agency) for Marina Militare.
Ercole (Y430) was update in Arsenale militare marittimo di Messina[4] with new Voith propellers.
References
- ↑ "Cantieri Navali Vittoria". Portaledifesa.it. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ↑ "Consegnato il rimorchiatore Ercole alla Marina Militare - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ↑ "Damen Delivers High Level of Tug Tech". Magazines.marinelink.com. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- ↑ "Messina". Difesa.it. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
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