Italian ship Leonardo (A 5301)
Leonardo A 5301, 2014
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Name | Leonardo |
Namesake | Leonardo da Vinci |
Owner | NATO |
Ordered | 19 December 2000 [1] |
Builder | Shipyard McTay Marine Ltd - Bromborough, England |
Launched | 3 January 2002 |
Commissioned |
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Homeport | La Spezia |
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Status | Active |
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Type | Coastal Research vessel |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 433 t (426 long tons) full load |
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Beam | 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) molded |
Draught | 2.76 m (9 ft 1 in) full load |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 10.0 knots (18.5 km/h; 11.5 mph) (sustained sea speed) |
Range | 1,850 nmi (3,430 km; 2,130 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Endurance | port to port, 5 days |
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Leonardo (A 5301) is a coastal research vessel owned by NATO and operated by the Italian Navy on behalf of the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation[3] Her homeport is La Spezia, Italy.
History
[edit]Leonardo was delivered to the NATO Underwater Research Centre - NURC (SACLANTCEN) on 30 April 2002 and was accorded the flag of a public vessel of the Republic of Italy under a 2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the Italian Ministry of Defence (MOD-IT) and the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
On 16 November 2009, CRV Leonardo was transferred to the Italian Navy. She holds the status of an auxiliary of the Italian Navy and is crewed by the military. The NATO Underwater Research Centre - NURC is now named the Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation and is based in La Spezia, and specialises in research in acoustic and environmental fields.[4]
Characteristics
[edit]Source [5]
- scientific primary working area (aft): 59 m2 (640 sq ft)
- scientific main laboratory: 31.2 m2 (336 sq ft)
- capacity to carry a single ISO 1D standard, 10 ft (3.0 m), container
- multibeam echo-sounder Simrad EM-3000
Communication systems:
- Main GMDSS MF/HF transceiver Sailor HC 4500
- deck VHF transceiver Sailor RT 4722
- GMDSS SARTS transmitter Jotron 8 GHz
- Prodel UHF transmitter ICOM IC 4088SR
References
[edit]- ^ "NATO's Research Ships: Alliance and Leonardo".
- ^ "Sperry to Supply Electronics for NATO Vessel". 16 December 2002.
- ^ "Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
- ^ "CMRE - CRV Leonardo".
- ^ https://www.unols.org/sites/default/files/AppXXIII_2016RVOC_CMRE_NATO2016.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links
[edit] Media related to Italian ship Leonardo (A5301) at Wikimedia Commons
- Leonardo (A 5301) Marina Militare website