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MTP96-class landing craft
The MTP96 class is a series of Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel used by the Italian Navy and Italian Army.[1]
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | MTP96 class |
| Builders | Studioplast, Casale sul Sile (Venezia) and various shipyards |
| Operators | |
| In service | 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 13.1 m (43 ft 0 in) LOA |
| Beam | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) over all |
| Draft | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Depth | 0.7 m (2 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 3 |
History edit
Twenty of these crafts are operated aboard the three San Giorgio-class ships and used by the San Marco Marine Brigade at Brindisi Naval Station homeport. A few others are used by 1st Lagunari Regiment "Serenissima" of the Italian Army in the Venice lagoon.
Landing craft edit
| Name | Pennant number | Hull number | Launched | Commissioned | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Navy - MTP96 class | ||||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN94 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN95 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN96 | |||||||||
| MTP97 | MDN97 | [2] | ||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN98 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN99 | [3] | ||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN100 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN101 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN102 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN103 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN104 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN108 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN109 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN114 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN115 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN116 | [4] | ||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN117 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN118 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN119 | |||||||||
| MTP96 | MDN120 | [5] | ||||||||
| Italian Army - MTP96 class | ||||||||||
| MTP96 | 287 | 2002 | [6] | |||||||
| MTP96 | ||||||||||
| MTP96 | ||||||||||
| MTP96 | ||||||||||
References edit
- ^ . www.marina.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27.
- ^ http://www.fiammeblu.it/albums/userpics/10002/2008_0921_131632AA.JPG [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.seaforces.org/spcrep/ITS-San-Marco-L-9893-Trieste-August-2008-Dateien/image085.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.fiammeblu.it/albums/userpics/10002/2008_0921_131647AA.JPG [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.marina.difesa.it/sites/AMC1/SiteCollectionImages/a329ae04-6b8f-4287-8399-bf9e573706b3/06a5ba80-0dd1-4b5e-a4d9-6182766cf702_COT4607_resize.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.associazionelagunari.it/images/mtp16.jpg [bare URL image file]
External links edit
- Ships Marina Militare website