Italian ship Elettra (A5340)

Elettra A5340, October 2013, La Spezia
History
Italy
Name:	Elettra
Ordered:	1999
Builder:	Fincantieri - Cantiere Navale del Muggiano, La Spezia
Laid down:	20 January 2001 [1]
Launched:	24 July 2002
Commissioned:	2 April 2003
In service:	1
Homeport:	La Spezia
Identification:	Pennant number: A 5340
Motto:	Anima i silenzi aerei
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Type:	Auxiliary ship
Displacement:	3,180 tonnes (full-load).[2] 2,466 tonnes (empty)
Length:	93.5 m (306 ft 9 in)
Beam:	15.5 m (50 ft 10 in)
Draught:	4.83 m (15 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:	2 x diesel-generators engines GMT-Wärtsilä CW 12V200 (2.200 kW eachone) 2 x permanent magnetic electric engines ABB (1.500 kW eachone) 2 x diesel-generators auxiliary engines Isotta Fraschini IF V1708T2 (770 kW eachone)[3] 1 x emergency diesel-generator 2 x propeller 1 x bow thruster
Speed:	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Range:	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement:	30 crew 65 electronic technicians
Sensors and processing systems:	2 x navigation radar Kelvin Hughes Nucleus 6000 (X band) EM Ship log
Armament:	2 × OTO Melara KBA 25/80 mm
Notes:	flight deck only for RPV FLUME Passive stabilisation plant 1 x 180 t/m crane 1 x 55 t/m crane 2 x cranes for service boats

Elettra (A5340) is an Italian Navy Auxiliary ship classified as 'Nuova Unità Polivalente di Supporto (NUPS)', operated as multi-purpose and for SIGINT rules.^[4]
Designed to carry out research and surveillance activities, the vessel’s platform was developed from the RV Alliance built for NATO.
Her propulsion system, based on two permanent magnet electric engines, constitutes a technological breakthrough and she is the first surface vessel in the world to be powered by this type of engine.
The main characteristics of this propulsion system are: high reliability, high efficiency, low maintenance and low underwater radiated noise.
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Characteristics

It's fitted with:

• advanced electronic intelligence gear, including 27 various electronic and acoustic reconnaissance systems
• submersible ROV, which can operate at a maximum depth of 1.000 meters
• echo sounder
• a rear flight deck can deploy unmanned aerial vehicles
• 1 x compression chamber DRASS Galeazzi for 8 persons ^[6]

Ships

Units of the same class:

	Pennant number	Hull number	Owner	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Motto	Note
Italian ship Alliance (A5345)	A 5345	921 [7]	NATO (operated by Italian Navy )		9 July 1986	6 May 1988 [8]		about 50 Billions Lire contract
Ta Kuan	AGS-1601	5942 [9]	Taiwan Navy	October 1993 [10]	17 December 1994 [11]	26 September 1995		about 100 Billions Lire contract
Italian ship Elettra (A5340)	A 5340	6080 [12]	Italian Navy	March 2000	24 July 2002	2 April 2003	Anima i silenzi aerei	About 139 Billions Lire contract [13]

References

Ship classes of the Marina Militare
Aircraft carriers	Cavour Giuseppe Garibaldi
Amphibious transport docks	San Giorgio LCM62 MTM217 MTP96
Destroyers and frigates	Andrea Doria Durand de la Penne Bergamini Maestrale Soldati
Corvettes and patrol boats	Comandanti Cassiopea Sirio Minerva Esploratore
Submarines	Todaro Sauro SRV-300
Minesweepers	Gaeta Lerici
Auxiliary ships	Etna Stromboli Anteo Marino Elettra Alliance Leonardo Magnaghi Ninfe Rossetti Simeto Bormida Panarea Gorgona Ponza GGS 1012 Atlante Ciclope RP 101 RP 113 RP 118 RP 125 Ercole Porto Cheradi Argo
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHA Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano UNPAV