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Sail training ship
Italian training ship Corsaro II is a sail training ship. It was built by Cantiere Navale Costaguta Voltri , Genova , Italy. Reported operators include Italian Navy.
United StatesItalian training ship Corsaro II
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Italian Navy
Cantiere Navale Costaguta Voltri , Genova , Italy
1960
5 January 1961
1
La Spezia
ITA 1643 (Sail number)
in service
Pennant number A 5316
Sail training ship
47 t (46 long tons) full load
20.9 m (68 ft 7 in) LOA 15.24 m (50.0 ft) LPP
4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
24.08 m (79 ft 0 in) main mast 12.11 m (39 ft 9 in) mizzen mast
2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
1 x diesel engine FIAT AIFO 71.59 kW (96.00 bhp) 1 shaft 1 x diesel engine generator Fischer Panda
- Sail surface 700 square metres (7,500 square feet ) - Sail surface upwind 205 square metres (2,210 square feet )
7.0 knots (13.0 km/h; 8.1 mph) by engine prop
500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 7.0 knots (13.0 km/h; 8.1 mph) (on engine prop)
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Designed by Sparkman & Stephens Designs New York City (United States), project 1505, Corsano II for the RORC 1st class, is a Bermudan-rig yawl , sister of Stella Polare , commissioned by Italian Navy to be used as a training ship for the cadets at the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno , Italy. She is constructed of wood; iroko keelson, acacia frames and double planked of Philippine mahogany. The ship's fasteners are silicon bronze, spars are of sitka spruce. Original engine Mercedes-Benz OM/321 (96 HP) was then replaced by a FIAT AIFO engine.
Corsaro II can accommodate 16 persons. First Commander of the ship was Agostino Straulino , who won the 1952 Olympic Games in the class Star. In 1961 Corsaro II was the only naval ship to join in the Los Angeles – Honolulu classifying sixth in real time. In 1962 participated in the Newport – Bermuda with 138 boats arriving at the sixth place, and in the Torbay – Rotterdam arriving first in the class. In 1963 participated in: Annapolis – Newport, Newport – Plymouth (second place), the Channel Race and the Fastnet Race. In 1964 took part in the Lisbon – Canaries – Bermuda reaching the first place. In 1965 participated in the Buenos Aires – Rio de Janeiro then sailed to Sydney racing in local regatta. The following year sailed from Sydney to San Diego coming to Italy. From then on the Corsaro II participated mainly in the Mediterranean sea with home port in La Spezia .
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens Designs New York City (United States), project 1505, Corsano II for the RORC 1st class, is a Bermudan-rig yawl , sister of Stella Polare , commissioned by Italian Navy to be used as a training ship for the cadets at the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno , Italy.
Dislocamento 47 t a pieno carico
Lunghezza 20,9 m
Larghezza 4,7 m
Propulsione vela e motore Superficie velica: circa 205 m² Apparato motore: Iveco AIFO
Velocità 7 nodi (12,96 km/h )
Autonomia 500 miglia (motore)
Equipaggio 16
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Italian training ship Corsaro II equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ItalyReported count for Corsaro II. Service scope: Italian Navy ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
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