Rossetti-class research vessel

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Class overview
Name| Rossetti class
Builders| Cantiere Navale Picchiotti, Viareggio (Livorno)
Operators|  Italian Navy
In commission| 1986–1989
Planned| 2
Completed| 2
Active| 2
General characteristics
Type| Coastal research vessel
Displacement| 324/330 tonnes, full load
Length| 44.6 m (146 ft)
Beam| 7.9 m (26 ft)
Draught| 2.0 m (6.6 ft)
Propulsion|

* \- 2 x Diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-16V (440 kW (590 hp) each)
* \- 2 x Diesel engines generators Isotta Fraschini ID-36-N-6V with alternator Ansaldo M5R
* \- Vincenzo Martellotta added another diesel engine generator silenced with alternator Magneti Marelli MKM 250

Speed| 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range| 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km; 2,000 mi)
Crew|

* \- 17, of which:
* \- 2 officials
* \- 15 sailors

Sensors and
processing systems| 2 x GEM Elettronica SPN-753 navigation radar, X band

The Rossetti class of coastal research vessels consists of two units operated by the Italian Navy and named as "Nave Esperienze" (experiences ship).[1] The vessels are used by Centro Supporto Sperimentazioni Navali (Naval Experimentation Support Centre) for technologies research and development trials on anti-submarine weapons.

## Features

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Specifically designed for experiments, new technologies tests in relation to weapon and platform systems, the unit is mainly operated by the Permanent Commission for Experiments on War Materials at La Spezia.[2]

* Raffaele Rossetti (A 5315) is fitted with WASS 533 mm torpedo launcher.

* Vincenzo Martellotta (A 5320) is fitted with WASS B515/3 324 mm torpedo launcher

## Ships

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Italian Navy \- Rossetti class

Name  | Pennant
number | Displacement
full load  | Laid down  | Launched  | Commissioned  | Motto
Raffaele
Rossetti | A 5315  | 324 tonnes  |  | 12 July 1986  | 20 December 1986  | Fortior in asperis
Vincenzo
Martellotta | A 5320  | 330 tonnes  | 1987  | 1988  | December 1989  | Rerum cognoscere causas

## References

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1. ^ "Raffaele Rossetti – Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 2015-09-20.
2. ^ "Rossetti - Marina Militare". www.marina.difesa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-06-14.

## External links

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* Rossetti (A 5315) Marina Militare website

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