Ship Ponza is a unit of type Motion Transport Lighthouses (M.T.F.), which takes the name of the homonymous island of the Pontian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea, launched in 1988, in force to the First Group Auxiliary Ships (COMGRUPAUS UNO), was relocated to the First Naval Division (COMDINAV UNO) in 2021.
The vessel is primarily used for activities related to the maintenance and proper functioning of maritime signals necessary to ensure safe navigation in coastal waters. For this reason the unit is equipped with a crane and a winch capable of lifting respectively up to 15 and 20 tons of weight needed to move the heavy boulders of which the signals themselves are composed.
Ship Ponza, in addition to the activities related to the Lighthouses Campaign, a task for which it was designed in the past, has carried out several operations in favor of the population, such as the transport of humanitarian aid to the Bosnian people in the years 1995 - 1996 and the conduct, concurrently with the civil protection, of the Forest Fire Emergency Campaign in the North East of Sardinia. The unit, moreover, is employed in activities related to the training of future ship commanders, which School of Naval Command and Traineeship of maneuver for officers (Tir.M.Uff.).
ponza, class, transport, ship, ponza, class, series, five, coastal, transport, ships, marina, militare, named, moto, trasporto, fari, lighthouses, vessels, coastal, transport, ship, levanzo, 5366, messina, 2013class, overviewnameponzabuilderscantiere, navale, . The Ponza class is a series of five Coastal transport ships of the Marina Militare named as Moto Trasporto Fari MTF Lighthouses Vessels Coastal transport ship Levanzo A 5366 Messina 2013Class overviewNamePonzaBuildersCantiere Navale Mario Morini AnconaOperators Italian NavyIn commission1988 1990Planned5Building5Completed5Active5General characteristicsTypeCoastal transport shipDisplacement 584 t 575 long tons 689 89 t 678 99 long tons full load 478 06 478 06 t 470 51 long tons emptyLength56 72 m 186 ft 1 in LOABeam10 00 m 32 ft 10 in Draught3 06 m 10 ft 0 in Propulsion 2 x diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID 36 8V 647 kW 868 bhp each 2 x diesel engines generators AIFO 8281 SRM 8V 235 kW 315 bhp each with Ansaldo electric engine MXR 315 380V 1 x diesel engine generator AIFO 8210 M6 110 kW 150 bhp with Ansaldo electric engine MXR 250 380 V for auxiliary bow thruster 2 x shaft and thruster Auxiliary bow thrusterSpeed14 knots 26 km h 16 mph Range3 000 nmi 5 600 km 3 500 mi Crew32 of which 3 officials Sensors and processing systems1 x GEM Elettronica MM SPN 754 v2 navigation radarsNotes1 x 15 t 15 long tons cranesPalmaria A 5368 in 2012 Contents 1 Roles 2 Ships 3 References 4 External linksRoles editPonza class ships are designed for 1 the maintenance and modernization of the coastal maritime signalling and headlights recovery and replacement of buoys beacons lights catenaries pylons etc can also be used for transport of various materials as well as water and fuel or other goods for the supply of naval ships or small islands minelayer rolesShips editPonza A5364 2 nbsp Ponza A5364 in VeniceShip Ponza is a unit of type Motion Transport Lighthouses M T F which takes the name of the homonymous island of the Pontian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea launched in 1988 in force to the First Group Auxiliary Ships COMGRUPAUS UNO was relocated to the First Naval Division COMDINAV UNO in 2021 The vessel is primarily used for activities related to the maintenance and proper functioning of maritime signals necessary to ensure safe navigation in coastal waters For this reason the unit is equipped with a crane and a winch capable of lifting respectively up to 15 and 20 tons of weight needed to move the heavy boulders of which the signals themselves are composed Ship Ponza in addition to the activities related to the Lighthouses Campaign a task for which it was designed in the past has carried out several operations in favor of the population such as the transport of humanitarian aid to the Bosnian people in the years 1995 1996 and the conduct concurrently with the civil protection of the Forest Fire Emergency Campaign in the North East of Sardinia The unit moreover is employed in activities related to the training of future ship commanders which School of Naval Command and Traineeship of maneuver for officers Tir M Uff nbsp Italian Navy Ponza className Pennantnumber Hullnumber Displacementtonnes f l Laid down Launched Commissioned Initialnumber wiki commonsPonza A 5364 MTF 229 3 685 25 March 1987 24 September 1988 9 December 1988 MTF 1304 4 Levanzo A 5366 MTF 230 658 88 25 March 1987 21 June 1989 6 September 1989 MTF 1305 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Levanzo A 5366 Tavolara A 5367 MTF 231 685 59 25 March 1987 28 November 1988 28 February 1989 MTF 1306 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tavolara A 5367 Palmaria A 5368 MTF 232 685 89 25 March 1987 25 February 1989 19 May 1989 MTF 1307 5 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palmaria A 5368 Procida A 5383 MTF 238 584 14 September 1989 23 June 1990 14 November 1990 MTF 1308References edit Marina Militare www marina difesa it Archived from the original on 21 March 2011 Ponza Marina Militare www marina difesa it in Italian Retrieved 28 May 2022 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 25 November 2016 Retrieved 12 December 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link La Marina Militare Italiana Dal 1981 al 1990 Marina Militare www marina difesa it Archived from the original on 24 March 2011 External links editPonza A 5364 Marina Militare websitePortals nbsp Italy nbsp Engineering Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ponza class transport ship amp oldid 1091681379, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
