Italian training ship Orsa Maggiore

	Orsa Maggiore at Cádiz, Spain in 2008
History
Italy
Name	Orsa Maggiore
Operator	Italian Navy
Builder	Cantiere Navale Tencara Porto Marghera, Venice, Italy
Laid down	November 1993
Launched	November 1994
Commissioned	28 November 1995
In service	1
Homeport	La Spezia
Identification	MMSI number: 247938000; Callsign: IAOM; Pennant number A5323;
Motto	Ad maiora duco
Status	in service
General characteristics
Type	ketch
Tonnage	80 t (79 long tons) full load
Length	28.3 m (92 ft 10 in) LOA
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Sail plan	- Sail surface 802 square metres (8,630 square feet); - Sail surface upwind 387 square metres (4,170 square feet) ;
Speed	8.0 knots (14.8 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Endurance	2,200 nmi (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) on 7.0 knots (13.0 km/h; 8.1 mph) (with engine prop)
Complement	22
Notes	- 1 x diesel engine Fiat Aifo 8361, 268.45 kW (360.00 bhp); - 1 x shaft; - 1 x diesel engine generator, 13.5 kW (18.1 bhp); - navigation radar, GPS, Inmarsat, 2 x HF radio, 2 X VHF radio;

Orsa Maggiore is an ocean ketch, serving as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy.^[3] It is an oceanic yacht racing armed^{[clarification needed]} as ketch of the Italian Navy's sail section.

History

Designed by Andrea Vallicelli, it was built using composite of carbon sandwich, kevlar and fiberglass, which made the structure of the hull lighter and simultaneously much more resistant than older wooden hulls. The design was considered innovative for its time.^{[citation needed]}

The ship has been commissioned directly by the Italian Navy in order to have a hull that would give preference all the features to ensure maximum safety at sea in all the seas and oceans of the planet, with all conditions of sea and wind, and therefore capable to carry the National flag to wave even in the most remote ports in the world, particularly the less beaten by ships more of the Italian Navy.^{[weasel words]}^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "TENCARA (FERRUZZI): CONSEGNA ORSA MAGGIORE ALLA MARINA (2)". Adnkronos.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Le Navi Scuola Nel Mondo - Orsa Maggiore - Le Navi - Betasom - XI Gruppo Sommergibili Atlantici". Betasom.it. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
^ "Orsa Maggiore - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

External links

Orsa Maggiore (A 5323) Marina Militare website

Media related to Orsa Maggiore (ship, 1994) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "TENCARA (FERRUZZI): CONSEGNA ORSA MAGGIORE ALLA MARINA (2)". Adnkronos.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[2] "Le Navi Scuola Nel Mondo - Orsa Maggiore - Le Navi - Betasom - XI Gruppo Sommergibili Atlantici". Betasom.it. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[3] "Orsa Maggiore - Marina Militare". Marina.difesa.it. Retrieved 2 December 2016.

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Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	Enrico Tazzoli class (Gato class)^X Evangelista Torricelli class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X Livio Piomarta class (Tang class)^X Marconi class Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
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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	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported