Simeto-class water tanker

Class overview
NameSimeto
Builders
  • - Cantiere Navale De Poli (Pellestrina, Venezia): Ticino and Tirso
  • - C.I.N.E.T. (Molfetta, Bari): Simeto
Operators
Planned3
Building3
Completed3
Active3
General characteristics
TypeAuxiliary 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
Beam10.00 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Crew29
Sensors and
processing systems		2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radar AN/SPN-748
Notesship tanker, for 1.200 t (1.181 long tons) of water

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.

  1. ^ "1072 – TIRSO e TICINO l.f.t. 69,82 – 1:50 – Associazione Navimodellisti Bolognesi". anb-online.it.
  2. ^ "Trasporto Acqua – Marina Militare". marina.difesa.it.