Simeto-class water tanker

Class overview

Name:	Simeto
Builders:	Cantiere Navale De Poli (Pellestrina, Venezia) and C.I.N.E.T. (Molfetta, Bari)
Operators:	2 x Marina Militare 1 x Tunisia Navy
Building:	3
Planned:	3
Completed:	3
Active:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Auxiliary ship
Displacement:	Ticino and Tirso: 715 tonnes, empty 2.027 tonnes, full load Simeto: 1.914 tonnes, 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:	1 shaft 2 x diesel engines GMT 230.6-BL (1.940 kW) 3 x diesel generators AIFO 8281 1 x diesel generators AIFO 8361 1 x bow thruster
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 tonnes of water

The Simeto class ^[2] is a class of three auxiliary ships of the Italian Navy for emergency water replenishment of islands. Simeto vessel was delivered to Tunisian Navy in 2003.

Ships

Marina Militare - 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

Ship classes of the Marina Militare

Aircraft carriers	Cavour Giuseppe Garibaldi

Amphibious transport docks	San Giorgio LCM62 MTM217 MTP96

Destroyers and frigates	Andrea Doria Durand de la Penne Bergamini Maestrale Soldati

Corvettes and patrol boats	Comandanti Cassiopea Sirio Minerva Esploratore

Submarines	Todaro Sauro SRV-300

Minesweepers	Gaeta Lerici

Auxiliary ships	Etna Stromboli Anteo Marino Elettra Alliance Leonardo Magnaghi Ninfe Rossetti Simeto Bormida Panarea Gorgona Ponza GGS 1012 Atlante Ciclope RP 101 RP 113 RP 118 RP 125 Ercole Porto Cheradi Argo

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	LHA Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano UNPAV

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