Italian ship Alliance (A5345)

Alliance A5345, La Spezia
History
Italy
Name: Alliance
Owner: NATO
Builder: Fincantieri – Cantiere Navale del Muggiano, La Spezia
Laid down: 18 June 1984
Launched: 9 July 1986
Commissioned: 31 March 2016
In service: 1
Homeport: La Spezia
Identification: Pennant number: A 5345
Status: Active
General characteristics
Type: Research vessel
Displacement:
  • 3,180 tonnes (full-load)[1]
  • 2,466 tonnes (empty)
Length:
  • 93 m (305 ft 1 in) oa[2]
  • 82 m (269 ft 0 in) pp[3]
Beam: 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught: 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 x diesel-generators engines GMT B-230.12 (silenced, 1.890 kW eachone)
  • 1 x TAG KONGSBERG KG2-3C (1.430 kW)[4]
  • 2 x electric engines MEP SAM Electronic (ex-AEG) GC312/128/8 KZ 90/24
  • 3 x diesel-generators Isotta Fraschini ID36SS6V (silenced)
  • total power 24090 kW
  • 2 x propeller
Speed: 16.3 knots (30.2 km/h; 18.8 mph) (sustained speed)
Range: 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) (Fuel consumption = approx. 8 tons per 24 hours of economical steaming at 12 knots. 5 tons per 24 hours of low speed scientific operations)
Complement:
  • 69, of which:
  • 44 crew
  • 25 technicians
Sensors and
processing systems:
Notes:
  • [5]
  • 4 x cranes: 2 each of 5t SWL with 13m outreach, 2 each of 2t SWL of 10m outreach
  • 2 x ‘A-frames, 1 forward 16t SWL, 1 aft 10t SWL (50t snap load)
  • 2 x towing winches – 20t @ 12 knots
  • 2 x diesel jet drive rigid inflatable workboats (RHIB)
  • space and power for 5 x 20ft ISO1C containers

Alliance (A5345) is a NATO Research Vessel owned by NATO and operated by Marina Militare as Research vessel and shared by CMRE – Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, in La Spezia Italy.

History

Commissioned on April 1988 to SACLANT (Undersea Research Centre – SACLANTCEN, then named NATO Underwater Research Centre – NURC and now CMRE – Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation) of La Spezia, under Germany flag.
Since 23 December 2015 under Italian flag and than, since 31 March 2016, commissioned to Marina Militare.

Throughout 2015 negotiations conducted with Italian MoD and NATO on future ship operating model.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Alliance.aspx
  2. ↑ http://www.cmre.nato.int/research/research-vessels/nrv-alliance
  3. ↑ Alliance (Schiff)
  4. ↑ http://www.dresser-rand.com/products-solutions/gas-turbines/kg2-3g-gas-turbines/
  5. ↑ https://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/nato-s-research-ships-alliance-and-leonardo
  6. ↑ https://www.unols.org/sites/default/files/AppXXIII_2016RVOC_CMRE_NATO2016.pdf
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