Italian ship Ammiraglio Magnaghi (A 5303)

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History
Ammiraglio Magnaghi (A 5303) to Port of Livorno in 2013
Italy
Name	Ammiraglio Magnaghi
Namesake	Admiral Giovan Battista Magnaghi [it]
Builder	Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti - Riva Trigoso (La Spezia)
Laid down	1973
Launched	8 October 1974
Commissioned	2 May 1975
Homeport	La Spezia
Identification	Pennant number: A 5303 Hull number: 297 IMO number: 8642751
Motto	Nauta pro nautis
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Type	hydrographic survey vessel
Displacement	1.744 t (1.716 long tons) full load ^[1]
Length	82.7 m (271 ft) LOA
Beam	13.7 m (45 ft)
Draught	3.1 m (10 ft)
Propulsion	- 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste [it] GMT B-306.SS, 2.206 kW (2.958 bhp) - 1 x electric engine AI-43/25-686 DP 176 kW (236 bhp) - 4 x diesel engines generators Grandi Motori Trieste [it] GMT A-234-ESS - 1 x single controllable pitch propeller - 1 x bow thrust
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) (4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) on electric engine)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	145, of which: 16 officials 114 sailors 15 scientists
Sensors and processing systems	2 x navigation radars GEM Elettronica
Armament	4 x Browning M2HB 12,7 mm
Notes	- flight deck for SH90 class helicopters - 3 x 8,6 m hydrographic boats - 1 x RHIB

Ammiraglio Magnaghi (A 5303)^[2] is a hydrographic survey vessel in service with Italian Navy.

It is the first survey vessel ever to be designed and built completely in Italy for the Marina Militare. It has been regularly modernized and constantly upgraded (with MLU works, in 1990 and 2014/2016 years).

Characteristics

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It is fitted with:

single-beam echo sounder, 33 and 210 kHz
single-beam echo sounder Kongsberg EA600 to 12, 38 and 200 kHz^[3]
multi-beam echo sounder (50 kHz)
side scan sonar hull-mounted (ELAC Seabeam 1050 MKII)
side scan sonar towed (Klein 3900 ^[4])
differential and RTK satellite positioning systems
geodimeter
portable tide gauge
XBT bathythermograph
CTD profiler with rosette system used for water sampling at different depths
one ROV with closed circuit TV system
one core barrel
current meters
Van Veen buckets
weather station
suitable digital data logging and processing systems interfaced with oceanographic and hydrographic sensors.

The ship is equipped with:

three survey motor boats (8,6 m length) for coastal and shallow water surveys fitted with single beam and multi-beam echo sounder Simrad EM-3002
harbour survey motor launch
two dinghies.

History

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Ammiraglio Magnaghi ship is named after Admiral Giovan Battista Magnaghi, first director of the Italian Hydrographic Institute.^[5]

The first Commander of Ammiraglio Magnaghi ship was Admiral Giuseppe Angrisano, who later became also Director of the Italian Hydrographic Institute and President of the International Hydrographic Organization.

References

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^ "Nave Magnaghi - Marina Militare". Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ "Navi e Armatori - Approdi di Passione". www.naviearmatori.net. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Descrizione". Nave Idroceanografica Ammiraglio MAGNAGHI (in Italian). 1 November 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "I.I ISTITUTO IDROGRAFICO DELLA MARINA ANNUAL REPORT PDF Free Download". docplayer.net. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Admiral Magnaghi - Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2024.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magnaghi (A 5303).

External links

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Magnaghi (A 5303) Marina Militare website

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