Etna class
  Etna class
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 Supply ship AORH Etna (A 5326) |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Supply ship |
| units | 2 |
| Shipyard |
Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Hellenic Shipyards , Skaramangas |
| delivery | 1998, 2003 |
| period of service |
Since 1998 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
Maximum: 13,400 ts max |
| length |
146.5 m |
| width |
21.0 m |
| Draft |
7.4 m |
| crew |
160 |
| drive | |
| speed |
20.5 kn |
| Range |
7,600 nm at 18 kn |
| Armament |
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| Management electronics |
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| helicopter |
2 |
The Etna class is a class of supply vessels designed in Italy . It consists of two ships, one each in service with the Italian and Greek navies .
capacity
The two units Etna and Promithefs are referred to as "multi-purpose logistic support ships" because they not only supply fleet units on the high seas with operating materials , consumables, provisions and ammunition , but are also intended for disaster control tasks and have, among other things, an on-board hospital. The ships are also equipped with facilities that allow the inclusion of a staff and thus the management of fleet units or disaster relief operations .
The transport capacity amounts to 5,400 tons of marine diesel, 1,500 m³ of kerosene, 30 tons of lubricating oil, 160 tons of water, 30,000 food rations, 20 tons of spare parts and space for 85 additional soldiers in addition to the 160 crew members.
Etna (A 5326)
The lead ship is named after the Sicilian volcano Etna and the fifth Italian ship with this name . It was laid down on June 3, 1995 at Fincantieri in Riva Trigoso near Genoa , launched on July 12, 1997, and officially put into service on July 29, 1998. Home port is Taranto .
The Italian Navy would like to purchase two improved and much larger supply ships of this type in the near future, replacing two older Stromboli-class supply vessels from the 1970s. The Etna class is considered a further development of the Stromboli class .
Promithefs (A 374)
In Greece , at the end of the 1990s, it was decided to have a slightly modified ship of this type built under license by Hellenic Shipyards in the Elefsis shipyard near Chaidari . It is named after Prometheus , a helping titan of Greek mythology . The ship was launched on February 19, 2002 and put into service on July 8, 2003.
Promithefs (A 374) in Málaga
Promithefs (A 374)
