Italian training ship Italia

History
Italy
Name	Italia (A5314)
Owner	Fondazione tender to nave Italia
Operator	Marina Militare
Builder	Wiswa shipyard (Gdańsk, Poland)
Laid down	1992
Launched	30 March 1993
Commissioned	1993
Recommissioned	19 March 2007
In service	1
Renamed	Swan fan Makkum (1993),; Italia (2007);
Identification	IMO number: 8872825; MMSI number: 247204900; Callsign: IASW;
Motto	Sursum corda
Status	in service
Notes	Pennant number A5314
General characteristics
Type	Brigantine
Tonnage	404 GT
Length	- 61.0 m (200 ft 2 in) LOA; - 53.7 m (176 ft 2 in) LPP;
Beam	9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Height	44.6 m (146 ft 4 in) at mainmast
Draught	3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Sail plan	n. 14 - 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet)
Speed	6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)
Endurance	15 days on engine prop with good weather
Complement	- 45, of which:; - 21 crew; - 24 guests;
Notes	- 1 x diesel engine Caterpillar D353, 357.94 kW (480.01 bhp); - 1 x shaft; - 2 x diesel engine generators Mitsubishi, 57 kW (76 bhp); - 1 x Bow thrust;

Italia is a brigantine, active as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy.^[1]

It is owned by Fondazione tender to nave Italia, a non-profit foundation for maritime contest development,^{[clarification needed]} with property shared by Italian Navy and Yacht Club Italiano.

History[]

Built at the shipyard Wiswa, Gdańsk (Poland) as Swan fan Makkum it is a Brigantine.

Named for Willem Sligting, Makkum, christened by Hinke de Vries, co-owner and wife, in a multilingual fashion: English, Polish and Frysian and after the ceremony launched in the river Wisla.

She is the largest brigantine in the world, as well as the largest two masted sailing vessel, with an overall length of 61 metres (200 ft).

She carries a maximum of 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet) of sail, and with an air draft of 44.6 metres (144 ft) is one of the tallest of the tall ships.

Swan fan Makkum was sold February 6, 2007 to Fondazione tender to nave Italia and renamed Nave Italia, commissioned to Italian Navy on 19 March 2007.

She will continue to appear as a competitor in the Tall Ships Race, her first appearance as Nave Italia was in the 2007 Mediterranean series.

Gallery[]

The ship docked at Cetraro.
The motto: Sursum Corda
The Bridge
The ship, sailing in Marina di Campo, Isola d'Elba, 2020.

References[]

^ "Italia - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

External links[]

Media related to Sail training vessel Italia (A5314) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Italia - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
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Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported

History

Italy
Name	Italia (A5314)
Owner	Fondazione tender to nave Italia
Operator	Marina Militare
Builder	Wiswa shipyard (Gdańsk, Poland)
Laid down	1992
Launched	30 March 1993
Commissioned	1993
Recommissioned	19 March 2007
In service	1
Renamed	Swan fan Makkum (1993), Italia (2007)
Identification	IMO number: 8872825 MMSI number: 247204900 Callsign: IASW
Motto	Sursum corda
Status	in service
Notes	Pennant number A5314
General characteristics
Type	Brigantine
Tonnage	404 GT
Length	- 61.0 m (200 ft 2 in) LOA - 53.7 m (176 ft 2 in) LPP
Beam	9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Height	44.6 m (146 ft 4 in) at mainmast
Draught	3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Sail plan	n. 14 - 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet)
Speed	6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)
Endurance	15 days on engine prop with good weather
Complement	- 45, of which: - 21 crew - 24 guests
Notes	- 1 x diesel engine Caterpillar D353, 357.94 kW (480.01 bhp) - 1 x shaft - 2 x diesel engine generators Mitsubishi, 57 kW (76 bhp) - 1 x Bow thrust