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Italian Navy Takes Children With Cancer to Sea

August 5, 2019 seawaves

August 5, 2019 (Google Translation) – Nave Italia continues the 2019 solidarity campaign with the embarkation at Civitavecchia of fifteen boys from the Department of Onco-Hematology, accompanied by seven operators including medical personnel and psychologists. The project “to full force against cancer 6” has as its main objective to make small sailors experience new abilities and new behaviors within an adventurous and highly emotional frame such as that of the brigantine of the Tender To Nave Italia Foundation, a non-profit organization resulting from the cooperation between the Italian Navy and…

Italian Navy Bomb Clearance activities in Sardinia, Sicily & Puglia

July 30, 2019 seawaves

July 20, 2019 (Google Translation) – From 12 to 19 July 2019 the divers of the Underwater Operative Group (GOS) of the Submarine and Incursor Command of the Navy (Comsubin) , posted at the SDAI (Anti-Inspiration Insidious Dismantling) Nuclei of Augusta, La Maddalena and Taranto have concluded several underwater operations in the waters of Sicily, Sardinia and Puglia through which 50 dangerous explosive devices were neutralized . In Sicily the Augusta SDAI Unit has urgently intervened at the request of the Trapani prefecture respectively at Marinella di Selinute, where it…

22 May 1941: the long night of the Torpedo Boat Lupo

June 1, 2019 seawaves

May 22, 2019 (Google Translation) – Seventy-eight years ago, in the Aegean Sea, the Royal Torpedo Boat Lupo , led by frigate captain Francesco Mimbelli , became the protagonist of a memorable night action during the battle of Crete. With admirable audacity and exceptional readiness, he faced an English formation, composed of the cruisers Ajax, Orion, Dido and the destroyers Hereward, Hasty, Janus and Kimberley, managing to stand up to the enemy and protecting the convoy. At 10.33pm on May 21st, near Capo Spada , the Wolf, suddenly sighted at…

46 Italian Sailors Conduct Anti-Piracy Training in Pakistan

February 20, 2019 seawaves

February 15, 2019 – Contrast to maritime piracy, cooperation in areas of crisis and interoperability between fleets. These are the general objectives that animated the international exercise AMAN 2019 , organized by the Pakistani Navy, which took part in representing the Italian Navy the European Multi Mission Frigate (FREMM) Carlo Margottini, already engaged in the campaign in the Middle East and Mar Arabian (MOMA). The Aman exercise, or “peace” in Urdu language, kicked off on Friday 8 February, with an opening ceremony in the presence of the Commander in Chief…

Italy’s New Submarine Rescue Ship

January 24, 2019 seawaves

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Ships Under Construction for Italian Navy 2018

April 25, 2018 seawaves

Keel Laid for New Italian LHD

February 20, 2018 seawaves

The keel laying ceremony of the multipurpose amphibious unit (LHD or Landing Helicopter Dock) took place today at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, marking the beginning of the slipway works of the unit. The new unit will be delivered in 2022 and it falls within the naval program of the maritime capability of Defense, approved by the Italian Government and Parliament and started in May 2015. The LHD will be classified by RINA Services pursuant international conventions about prevention of pollution regarding the more traditional aspects, like the ones…

ITS Antonio Marceglia Launching

February 4, 2018 seawaves

Google Translation “Defense and industry work together for the country” so the Minister of Defense Roberta Pinotti at the launching ceremony of the frigate “Antonio Marceglia” took place this morning. “Ship Marceglia is the example of the excellent industrial integration crucial for a common European policy. A new step has been made toward the Navy of the future Military, thanks to the extraordinary skills of our yards and ingenuity of the designers, the result of strong collaboration between industry and defense. ” So the Minister Pinotti this morning, during the…

Italian F-35B lands at Pax River

February 3, 2018 seawaves

The first F-35B assembled outside of the U.S. landed at NAS Patuxent River on Jan. 31 after completing a transatlantic flight from Cameri Air Base in northern Italy. The flight follows the Italian Ministry of Defense’s acceptance of the aircraft on Jan. 25 at the Cameri F-35 final assembly line. There are two foreign F-35 final assembly lines, the other is located in Nagoya, Japan. Cameri is the only B variant final assembly line outside of the U.S. and has delivered nine F-35As and one F-35B. The aircraft is assigned…

GE Engines for Latest Italian FREMM

March 30, 2017March 30, 2017 seawaves

March 27, 2017 – GE’s Marine Solutions announces that the seventh multi-purpose Italian FREMM frigate Federico Martinengo, was launched on March 4. The ceremony was held at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard in Genoa, Italy. All of the Italian Navy’s new Carlos Bergamini-class FREMM frigates (10-ship program) feature the same power dense GE LM2500+G4 gas turbine in a COmbined Diesel eLectric And Gas turbine (CODLAG) propulsion system. In addition to the Italian FREMM frigates, the DCNS shipyard in Lorient, France, is well underway with a 10-ship program that also uses the…