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Cristoforo Colombo-class Sail training ship
Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci is a cristoforo Colombo-class Sail training ship. It was built by RC Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
RC Cantiere di Castellammare di Stabia
12 May 1930
22 February 1931
26 May 1931
MMSI number : 247999000 Callsign : IABJ
Italian : Non chi comincia ma quel che persevera English : "Not he who begins but he who perseveres"
in active service
Cristoforo Colombo-class Sail training ship
3,410 GT 1,203 NT
4,146 t (4,081 long tons) full load
100.5 m (329 ft 9 in) LOA including bowsprit 82.4 m (270 ft) LPP
15.56 m (51.0 ft)
54.0 m (177.2 ft)
7.3 m (24 ft)
26 sails, 2,635 m 2 (28,360 sq ft) 2 × diesel engines generator MTU 12VM33F2, 1.360 kW (1.824 bhp) each 2 × diesel engines generator MTU 8VM23F2, 760 kW (1,020 bhp) each 1 × Electrical Propulsion Engine (MEP) ex Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali (NIDEC ASI) CR1000Y8 (2 × 750 kW (1,010 bhp))
Sails, 15 knots (28 km/h) Engines, 11 knots (20 km/h)
15 officers 64 NCOs (Non Commissioned Officers) 185 sailors 130 Naval Academy Cadets and Support Staff (when embarked)
2 × navigation radars GEM Elettronica AN/SPN-753(V)5
The vessel is a full-rigged three-masted steel hull 82.4 m (270 ft) long, with an overall length of 101 m (331 ft) including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 15.5 m (51 ft). She has a draught of about 7 m (23 ft) and a displacement at full load of 4146 tons . Under auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion the Amerigo Vespucci can reach 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) and has a range of 5,450 nautical miles (6,270 mi; 10,090 km) at 6.5 knots (7.5 mph; 12.0 km/h)
The three steel masts are 50 metres (160 ft), 54 metres (177 ft), and 43 metres (141 ft) high, and carry sails totaling 2,824 m 2 (30,400 sq ft). The Amerigo Vespucci has 26 sails – square sails , staysails , and jibs : all are traditional canvas sails. When under sail in severe sea and wind conditions she can reach 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h). The rig, some 30 kilometres (19 mi) of ropes , uses only traditional hemp ropes; only the mooring lines are synthetic, to comply with port regulations.
In 1964, the ship was fitted with two 4-stroke, 8-cylinder FIAT B 308 ESS diesel engines, which replaced the original 2-stroke 6-cylinder FIAT Q 426 engines. These engines generated electric power for one electric propulsion motor that produced up to about 1,471 kW (1,973 hp).
After update works, between 2013 and 2016, the ship has been fitted with two 4-stroke, 12-cylinder MTU , 1,32 MW each diesel engine generators and two 4-stroke, 8-cylinder MTU, 760-kilowatt (1,020 hp) each diesel engine generators, and one NIDEC (Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali) electric engine. During the same work, the ship was fitted with new radar GEM Elettronica AN/SPS-753(V)5, new satellite antenna ORBIT AL-7103.
displacement: 6 t (5.9 long tons)
length: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
beam: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
propulsion: 2 x FPT S30 170 hp (130 kW) each
speed: 16 knots (30 km/h)
range: 180 nmi (330 km; 210 mi)
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Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ItalyNavy exact named equipment holdings: Amerigo Vespucci. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT / AXS. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.