Italian ship Anteo (A5309)

Anteo A5309
History
Italy
Name:	Anteo
Builder:	Cantiere Navale Ernesto Breda, Marghera, Venezia
Laid down:	20 July 1977
Launched:	11 November 1978
Commissioned:	31 July 1980
In service:	1
Homeport:	La Spezia
Identification:	Pennant number: A 5309
Motto:	In undis per undas pro vita
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Type:	submarine rescue ship
Displacement:	3,874 tonnes (full-load).[1]
Length:	98.4 m (322 ft 10 in)
Beam:	15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught:	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:	3 x diesel generators GMT A-230-12 (1,560 kW eachone) 2 x electric engine Magneti Marelli (4,410 kW)[2] 1 x shaft 2 x bow thrusters
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range:	10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:	141
Sensors and processing systems:	2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radars AN/SPN-748[3]
Armament:	2 × Oerlikon 20/70 mm or Browning M2HB 12,7 mm
Notes:	flight deck and hangar for one medium helicopter (AB-212 class) 1 x 12 t crane 1 × 6 t crane

SRV-300 is launched from Anteo, 2005

Anteo (A5309) is a submarine rescue ship of the Italian Navy, assigned to Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori "Teseo Tesei" (COMSUBIN).^[4] ITS Anteo is the third Unit to bear this name in the Italian Navy. The ship’s design was developed by the “Ufficio Navi Speciali del Reparto Progetti Navi” (Special Office of the Ships Projects Division), according to the guidelines provided by the Navy General Staff. The ship was built at Cantiere Navale Breda di Porto Marghera and commissioned to the Italian Navy on 31 July 1980.

Characteristics

Anteo at Malaga

It is fitted with:^[5]

• SDC system for submarine rescue up to 250 m deep^[6]
• SRC Submarine Rescue Chamber: Mc-Cann rescue bell, for submarine rescue up to 120 m deep;^[7] height: 4 m, diameter: 2,20 m, displacement 9,5 tonnes, 6 survivors per cycle;
• DRASS Galeazzi SRV-300 deep-submergence rescue vehicle^[8]for submarine rescue up tu 300 m deep; 12 survivors per cycle;^[9] length overall 8.46 m, width overall 3.13 m, height (without skirt) 3.17 m, displacement 27.3 tonnes (since 1980 and until 2002 was used Breda MSM-1S USEL deep-submergence rescue vehicle);
• 3 x hardsuit atmospheric diving suit (ADS) systems of Oceanworks International for submarine rescue up to 300 m deep^[10]
• 1 x SAAB Seaeye Falcon ROV
• 1 x Gaymarine Pluto ROV
• 1 x hull mounted Konsberg Simrad EM 1002 multi beam sonar^[11]
• 1 x DRASS Galeazzi compression chamber for 12 persons
• 2 x DRASS Galeazzi compression chambers for 6 and 3 persons

See also

• deep-submergence rescue vehicle DRASS Galeazzi SRV-300
• deep-submergence rescue vehicle Breda MSM-1S USEL
• COMSUBIN

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