Stromboli class
  Stromboli class
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 Supply ship AORH Vesuvio (A 5329) in La Spezia |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Supply ship |
| units | 3 |
| Shipyard |
Fincantieri , Riva Trigoso and Muggiano |
| delivery | 1975, 1978 (1986) |
| period of service |
Since 1975 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
Maximum: 8,700 ts max |
| length |
129 m |
| width |
18 m |
| Draft |
6.5 m |
| crew |
115 |
| drive |
2 diesel Grandi Motori Trieste C428SS, 9,600 hp |
| speed |
19.5 kn |
| Range |
4,000 nm at 18 kn |
| Armament |
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| helicopter |
1 |
The Stromboli class is a class of supply vessels built in Italy in the 1970s . Two ships are still in service with the Italian Navy , another was built for the Iraqi Navy , but was never used by the latter due to an embargo.
General
The two Italian ships Stromboli and Vesuvio supply fleet associations on the high seas with operating materials , consumables , provisions and ammunition . The transport capacity amounts to 4,000 tons of marine diesel, 400 tons of kerosene and 300 tons of other supplies. The improved and enlarged Etna class was later built on the basis of the Stromboli class . Stromboli and Vesuvio were heavily used in the Italian Navy and should be replaced by two much larger newbuildings as early as 2009. The replacement will now take place from 2019 by new providers of the Vulcano class .
Ships of the class
Stromboli (A 5327)
The lead ship is named after the Sicilian volcano Stromboli and the sixth Italian ship with this name. It was laid down in Riva Trigoso near Genoa on October 1, 1973 , launched on February 20, 1975, handed over to the Navy on October 31 of the same year, and officially put into service on June 7, 1978 in Palermo . Home port is Taranto .
The Stromboli's most important missions were:
- In 1979, a humanitarian use in the South China Sea , which together with the cruisers Vittorio Veneto and Andrea Doria so-called boat people were rescued on the high seas;
- 1987 supplying an Italian naval association in the Persian Gulf , which contributed to the protection of merchant shipping there during the First Gulf War ;
- 1990 the supply of another fleet unit in the Persian Gulf during the Second Gulf War ;
- 1994 and 1995 the support and withdrawal of Italian contingents for the United Nations Operation in Somalia II ;
- from 2002 supporting Active Endeavor in the Eastern Mediterranean;
- In 2003 Enduring Freedom was supported in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean .
Vesuvio (A 5329)
The second ship of the class was laid on July 1, 1974 in Muggiano near La Spezia and was launched on June 4, 1977. The transfer to the Italian Navy took place on November 18, 1978, the official commissioning on March 25, 1979 in Syracuse . The supplier is named after the volcano Vesuvius near Naples and is the fifth Italian ship with this name. Home port is La Spezia.
The Vesuvio operated among other things:
- 1980 during an aid mission for the survivors of an earthquake in Irpinia, southern Italy
- 1982 in support of an Italian military contingent in Lebanon
- 1987, 1988 and 1991 in the Persian Gulf
- 1992 in the Adriatic to enforce an arms embargo against the former Yugoslavia
- 1992 and 1993 off Somalia
- 2003 and 2005 in the Eastern Mediterranean as part of Active Endeavor
- 2004 in the Persian Gulf in support of Enduring Freedom
Agnades
The Agnadeen , the third ship of the class, was built for the Iraqi Navy . She was part of an order, the four frigates of the Lupo class and six corvettes included. Because of the developments during the First Gulf War , an arms embargo was decided to which the ships were subject. The Agnadeen sailed from La Spezia to Umm Qasr under the Iraqi flag in 1986 , but was interned in Alexandria and returned to Fincantieri ten years later . The ship was later scrapped .