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  • 550 Conte di Cavour

    IT Italian Navy




    2008 to present    



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    MMSI:
    Flight Deck: 550
    Call Sign: IASM
    Shipyard: Fincantieri Riva Trigoso


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    History of IT 550 Conte di Cavour

    2001-jul-17Laid down
    2004-jul-20Launched
    2008-mar-27Commissioned
    2009-junHomeportLa Spezia
    2010-janDeploymentHTPort au Prince Operation White Crane Operation Panlake despatched to Haiti as part of Operation White Crane, the clean up operation following the Jan 2010 Haiti earthquake
    2015-jun-26Deployment Operation Sophia First flagship ov the operation with 2 EH 101 helicopters for one year till june 2016 relieved by the other italian Aircraft Carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi
    2016-oct-3DeploymentERMO 16 Exercise Emerald Move 2016 Participated in Tyrrhenian Sea exercise
    2021-feb-15TrialsUSNS Norfolk F35-B trials
    2021-mar-20TrialsF-35B qualifications off US east coast with USS Gerald R Ford until 27 Mar.

    Specifications

       

        from Cavour class
    30000full load (tn)
    244length (m)
    39beam (m)
    8.70draught (m)
    7000range (nm)
    29max speed (knots)
    4Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
    2Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm
    2Naval Radar fire direction radar Selenia Orion RTN-25X

    Aircraft

       

        Typical Max
    IT Italian Navy AW EH101 120
    IT Italian Navy NHI NH90 NFH 00
    IT Italian Navy Agusta AB212 00

    The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard    

    Builder

       

    IT Fincantieri Riva Trigoso, Sestri Levante



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