Simeto-class water tanker

The Simeto class [2] is a class of three auxiliary ships built for the Italian Navy for emergency water replenishment of islands. One ship of the class, the Simeto, was transferred to the Tunisian Navy in 2003.

Class overview
Name: Simeto
Builders:
  • - Cantiere Navale De Poli (Pellestrina, Venezia): Ticino and Tirso
  • - C.I.N.E.T. (Molfetta, Bari): Simeto
Operators:
Planned: 3
Building: 3
Completed: 3
Active: 3
General characteristics
Type: Auxiliary ship
Displacement:
  • Ticino and Tirso:
  • - 715 t (704 long tons), empty
  • - 2.027 t (1.995 long tons), full load
  • Simeto:
  • - 1.914 t (1.884 long tons), full load
Length:
  • Ticino and Tirso:
  • 69.84 m (229 ft 2 in) oa[1]
  • Simeto:
  • 68.35 m (224 ft 3 in) oa
Beam: 10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught: 3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Crew: 29
Sensors and
processing systems:		 2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN-748
Notes: ship tanker, for 1.200 t (1.181 long tons) of water

Ships
 Italian Navy - Simeto class
Name Pennant
number		 Hull
number		 Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Motto Notes
Simeto A 5375 3-86 4 April 1988 9 July 1988 30 June 2003 [3] delivered
10 July 2003 to
 Tunisia Navy
as Aïn Zaghouan
Ticino A 5376 149 [4] June 1991 12 March 1994 10 June 1994 In aqua salus
Tirso A 5377 150 June 1991 29 September 1992 12 March 1994 Per undas aquam gestum

References
  1. "1072 – TIRSO e TICINO l.f.t. 69,82 – 1:50 - Associazione Navimodellisti Bolognesi".
  2. "Trasporto Acqua - Marina Militare".
  3. http://www.difesa.it/SGD-DNA/GiornaleUfficiale/2004/Documents/35800_05.pdf
  4. http://www.pompegarbarino.com/uploads/allegato/4_Reference%20List%20(Marine-Offshore-Navy)%20Nov.%202016.pdf
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