Navy InsigniaNavy Insignia

A-5312 Amerigo Vespucci

A-5312 Amerigo Vespucci

Country: ItalyItaly

Class, [Type]: [AXT].

Builder: Castellammare, Italy.

Launch date: 22nd March 1930.

Commission date: 15th May 1931.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.543 standard, 4.146 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 100 x 15,5 x 7

Main machinery: diesel-electric: 2 x Fiat B 306 ESS diesel, 2 x Marelli ( 2.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 10.

Range ( miles ): 5.450 at 6,5 knots.

Complement: 243 ( 13 officers ).

Radar: Navigacition: 2 x SMA SPN 748, I band.

Callsign: IABJ (IndiaAlfaBravoJuliet)

Comment: Italian navy sail training ship. Extensively reffited at La Spezia in 1973 and 1984.

Similar units:

IndonesiaDewaruci
RomaniaMircea
MéxicoBE01 Cuauhtémoc
ArgentinaQ2 Libertad
VenezuelaBE11 Simón Bolívar
Uruguay20 Capitán Miranda
EcuadorBE21 Guayas
ChileBE43 Esmeralda
GermanyA60 Gorch Fock
SpainA71 Juan Sebastián Elcano
SpainA78 Peregrina
PeruBEV161 Unión
PortugalUAM201 Creoula
PortugalA520 Sagres
ItalyA5311 Palinuro