MTM217-class LCM

Class overview

Name	MTM217
Builders	Cantiere Campanella (Savona)
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	MTM544
Succeeded by	LCM62 class
In service	1968
Building	8
Active	8
General characteristics
Class and type	MTM217
Type	Mechanized landing craft
Displacement	65 t (64 long tons) full load
Length	18.5 m (60 ft 8 in) LOA
Beam	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) over all
Propulsion	- 2 x shaft - 2 x diesel engines FIAT, 412 kW (553 bhp)
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h) loaded
Range	300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Capacity	- 80 troops or - 30 t (30 long tons)
Complement	3

The MTM217 is a mechanized landing craft class used by the Marina Militare.^[1]

History[]

MTM217 class is a vehicle crafted to support amphibious military action.
This boat has been designed for the transport of troops and ground vehicles, as part of landing operations on the coasts.
These models are required and employed by all major navy forces, for their versatility.
The hull construction material is steel.

Eight of these craft are used as reserve craft by Brigata Marina San Marco to Brindisi Naval Station homeport.

Landing Craft[]

Italian Navy – MTM217 class
Name	Pennant number	Hull number	Launched	Commissioned	Notes
	MEN217			1968	LCM17^[2]
	MEN218			1968	LCM18^[3]
	MEN219			1968	LCM19
	MEN220			1968	LCM20^[4]
	MEN221			1968	LCM21^[5]
	MEN222			1968	LCM22^[6]
	MEN227			1968	LCM23
	MEN228			1968	LCM24

References[]

External links[]

Ships Marina Militare website

v t Italian Navy
Components	Organization Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy Italian Coast Guard COMSUBIN Commander in Chief Naval Fleet
Fleet Command	San Marco Marine Brigade Naval Aviation
Equipment	Ships active inactive Aircraft
Schools	Francesco Morosini Naval School Naval Academy
History and traditions	Regia Marina Decima Flottiglia MAS Battle of Lissa Operation Mare Nostrum Naval Museum Technical Naval Museum at La Spezia
Related	Italian Navy ranks Corps of Naval Engineering La Spezia Naval Base

v t Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale ( Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class ( Benson/ Gleaves class)^X Fante class ( Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class ( Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Gabbiano class^C ^S Albatros class ^S Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	( Gato class)^X ( Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class ( Tench class)^X ( Tang class)^X Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
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
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
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