Orsa Maggiore at Cádiz, Spain in 2008
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History | |
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Italy | |
Name | Orsa Maggiore |
Operator | Italian Navy |
Builder | Cantiere Navale Tencara Porto Marghera, Venice, Italy |
Laid down | November 1993 [1] |
Launched | November 1994 |
Commissioned | 28 November 1995 |
In service | 1 |
Homeport | La Spezia |
Identification |
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Motto | Ad maiora duco |
Status | in service |
General characteristics | |
Type | ketch |
Tonnage | 80 t (79 long tons) full load |
Length | 28.3 m (92 ft 10 in) LOA |
Beam | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
Sail plan |
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Speed | 8.0 knots (14.8 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Endurance | 2,200 nmi (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) on 7.0 knots (13.0 km/h; 8.1 mph) (with engine prop) |
Complement | 22 |
Notes |
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Orsa Maggiore is an ocean ketch, serving as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy.[3] It is an oceanic yacht racing armed[clarification needed] as ketch of the Italian Navy's sail section.