Italian landing helicopter dock Trieste
Trieste in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy, 2020
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Italy | |
Name | Trieste |
Namesake | Trieste, a city and seaport in northeastern Italy |
Awarded | 3 July 2015 |
Builder | Fincantieri, Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy |
Cost | € 1.171 billion[5] |
Yard number | 6260[2] |
Laid down | 20 February 2018[3] |
Launched | 25 May 2019[1] |
Sponsored by | Laura Mattarella |
Commissioned | June 2022 (expected) |
Identification | Pennant number: L9890 |
Status | Sea trials[4] |
General characteristics | |
Type | LHD[11] V/STOL |
Displacement | 38,000 t (37,000 long tons) full load[6] |
Length | |
Beam | 47 m (154 ft 2 in) |
Depth | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) to 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Endurance | 30 days |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | integrated EW System by Elettronica Spa with RESM/RECM/CESM and ELINT/COMINT capabilities |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | usually 12 × AgustaWestland AW101 or combination with SH90A, AgustaWestland AW129D and F-35B; |
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Trieste (L9890) is a landing helicopter dock (LHD) of the Italian Navy with aircraft carrier capabilities.[12] It is expected to be commissioned in June 2022.[13]
The ship will be equipped with medium helicopters like EH101 and NH90 and Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft.[14] It will have a floodable well deck below the hangar level able to accommodate amphibious landing vessels such as LCM (new Cantieri Navali Vittoria LCM23 type), LCAC, and newer L-CAT (Landing Catamaran) vessels. It also can carry Ariete MBT, B1 Centauro tank destroyers, and up to 600 soldiers. Its base will be in Taranto.[15][16]
The unit is being built at Fincantieri's Castellamare di Stabia facility near Naples, Italy. The first steel was cut on 12 January 2017 and construction of the hull was completed on 25 May 2019.[8]The ship began sea trials in August 2021.[17] It is the largest Italian military ship built after the Second World War.[18] When commissioned it will be the largest vessel of the Italian Navy.[11][19]
See also[]
- Italian Navy Aviation
- FREMM
- PPA, Pattugliatori Polivalenti d'Altura
- Juan Carlos I, similar european LHD ship operates as aircraft carrier
References[]
- ^ "Fincantieri: The Multipurpose Amphibious Unit "Trieste" Launched In Castellammare di Stabia" (Press release). Fincantieri. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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- ^ "Castellammare di Stabia: Slipway Works Start On The Multipurpose Amphibious Unit (LHD)" (Press release). Fincantieri. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "New Landing Helicopter Dock LHD Trieste for Italian Navy conducts sea trials".
- ^ "Il Progamma Navale per la Tutela della Capacita' Marittima della Difesa" (in Italian). Corte dei Conti. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Iniziano le prove in mare per nave Trieste" (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ a b RID 9/2017 p. 71
- ^ a b Di Feo, Gianluca (25 May 2019). "Trieste, la nave di pace che si trasforma in super-portaerei". Repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Defenders" (PDF). Fincantieri. 20 December 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Land & Naval Radars" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Marina militare, la "nave umanitaria" si trasforma in portaerei. Ed esplodono i costi. Taciuti al Parlamento". Ilfattoquotidiano.it (in Italian). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "LHD Trieste Class". Fincantieri.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Piano di dismissioni delle Unità Navali entro il 2025" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Stato Maggiore Marina : VII Reparto Navi" (PDF). Nsweek.com (in Italian). Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "LHD: Landing Helo Dock - Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Varata oggi Nave Trieste: è la più grande e sarà di base a Taranto. VIDEO". grottaglieinrete.it (in Italian). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "New Landing Helicopter Dock LHD Trieste for Italian Navy conducts sea trials".
- ^ "Trieste, la più grande nave militare italiana costruita nel Dopoguerra". Il Post (in Italian). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Di Feo, Gianluca (5 August 2015). "Ecco la nuova ammiraglia da 1100 milioni". L'Espresso (in Italian). Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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- Naval ships of Italy
- Aircraft carriers of the Italian Navy
- Ships built by Fincantieri
- Ships built in La Spezia
- 2019 ships