ITS ALLIANCE A 5345

 

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   02 10 2020 a                                                                                            G.GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE

FLAG : ITALY

TYPE : RESEARCH VESSEL

LAID DOWN : 18 June 1984

LAUNCHED  : 09 July 1986

COMMISSIONED : 15 April 1988

Commissioned on 15 April 1988 to NATO Underwater Research Centre under GERMAN flag.

Since 31 March 2016 transfered under Italian Navy flag with pendantnumber A 5345

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   02 10 2020 b                                                                                    MARINA GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   02 10 2020 c                                                                                    MARINA GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   02 10 2020 d                                                                                   MARINA GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE   La Spezia   11 02 2019                                                                                                  G.GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   03 10 2020 a                                                                                            G.GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   03 10 2020 b                                                                                            G.GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   03 10 2020 c                                                                                             G.GYSSELS

A 5345   ALLIANCE   Toulon   03 10 2020 d                                                                                             G.GYSSELS

ITS CENTAURO F 554 ex D 571

F 554   CENTAURO   Toulon   03 07 1982 a                                                                             G.GYSSELS

F 554   CENTAURO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : CENTAURO - CLASS FRIGATE
LAID DOWN : 31 May 1952
LAUNCHED  : 04 April 1954
COMMISSIONED : 05 May 1957
DECOMMISSIONED : 31 May 1984

In 1960 she was given F instead of D pennant number.

F 554   CENTAURO   Toulon   29 06 1982                                                                          G.GYSSELS

F 554   CENTAURO   Toulon   03 07 1982 b                                                                     G.GYSSELS

F 554   CENTAURO   Toulon   03 07 1982 c                                                                    G.GYSSELS

F 554   CENTAURO   Toulon   03 07 1982 d                                                                          G.GYSSELS

ITS ARTIGLIERE F 582 ex F 14 HITTIN

F 582   ARTIGLIERE   La Spezia   11 02 2019                                                   G.GYSSELS

F 582   ARTIGLIERE
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : ARTIGLIERE  ( LUPO ) - CLASS  FFGHM
LAID DOWN : 31 March 1982  as F 14
LAUNCHED  : 27 July 1983  as F 14
COMPLETED : March 1985 as F 14
COMMISSIONED : 29 October 1994  as F 582
DECOMMISSIONED : 13 December 2013

Originally built for IRAQ but the sale was first delayed by payments problems and then cancelled in 1990 by the United Nations military sales embargoes.
On 20 January 1990 it was decided to transfer the 4 ships built for IRAQ to the Italian Navy.
Decommissioned on 13 December 2013 and laid up at La Spezia.

ITS BERSAGLIERE F 584 ex AL YARMOUK F 17

F 584   BERSAGLIERE   La Spezia   11 02 2019 a                                             G.GYSSELS

F 584   BERSAGLIERE

FLAG : ITALY

TYPE : ARTIGLIERE  ( LUPO ) -CLASS FFGHM

LAID DOWN : 12 March 1984  as F 17

LAUNCHED  : 18 April 1985 as F 17

COMMISSIONED : 08 November 1995  as F 584

DECOMMISSIONED : 17 April 2018

Originally built for IRAQ but the sale to IRAQ was first delayed by payment problems and then cancelled in 1990 by the United Nations military sales embargoes.

On 20 January 1990 it was decided to transfer the 4 ships built for IRAQ to the Italian Navy.

Decommissioned 17 April 2018 and laid up at La Spezia.

F 584   BERSAGLIERE & S 519 FECCIA DI COSSATO   La Spezia   11 02 2019 b                        G.GYSSELS

F 584   BERSAGLIERE   La Spezia   13 02 2019                                       G.GYSSELS

ITS CASTAGNO M 5504 ex MSC 74 ex AMS 74

                     M 5504   CASTAGNO   Toulon   07 07 1980 a                                                     G.GYSSELS                          

M 5504   CASTAGNO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : ADJUTANT - CLASS  MINESWEEPER / MINEHUNTER
LAID DOWN : 1953
LAUNCHED  : 02 February 1954
COMMISSIONED : 06 July 1955

Reclassified as MSC 74 by the US.NAVY 07 February 1955.
Completed on 06 July 1955 and commissioned as M 5504 CASTAGNO.
Converted as Minehunter and completed 1983.
Decommissioned and transferred to GREECE on 10 October 1995 as HS  ERATO  M 60.

M 5504   CASTAGNO & M 5511   NOCE   Toulon   07 07 1980                     G.GYSSELS

M 5504   CASTAGNO   Toulon   07 07 1980 c                              G.GYSSELS

M 5504   CASTAGNO   Toulon   25 06 1986 a   ( as Minehunter )                ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

M 5504   CASTAGNO   Toulon   25 06 1986 b  ( as Minehunter )               ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

ITS CARLO FECCIA DI COSSATO S 519

ex S 519   CARLO FECCIA DI COSSATO   La Spezia   11 02 2019 a                                       G.GYSSELS

S 519   CARLO FECCIA DI COSSATO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : SAURO - CLASS SUBMARINE  ( BATCH I )
LAID DOWN : 15 November 1975
LAUNCHED  : 16 November 1977
COMMISSIONED : 05 November 1979
DECOMMISSIONED : 01 April 2005

ex S 519   CARLO FECCIA DI COSSATO   La Spezia   11 02 2019 b                                              G.GYSSELS

ex S 519   CARLO FECCIA DI COSSATO   La Spezia   11 02 2019 c                                       G.GYSSELS

S 519   CARLO FECCIA DI COSSATO   Toulon   04 12 1981                  (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

S 519   CARLO FECCIA DI COSSATO   Toulon   04 12 1981 b               (  Original  b & w  negative in collection )

ITS GUGLIELMO MARCONI S 521

ex S 521   GUGLIELMO MARCONI   La Spezia   13 02 2019 a                                                     G.GYSSELS

S 521   GUGLIELMO MARCONI
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : SAURO - CLASS SUBMARINE  ( BATCH II )
LAID DOWN : 23 October 1979
LAUNCHED  : 20 September 1980
COMMISSIONED : 11 September 1982
DECOMMISSIONED : 01 October 2003

S 521   GUGLIELMO MARCONI   Toulon   11 1985                                        ( Original  b & w  negative in collection )

ex  S 521   GUGLIELMO MARCONI   La Spezia   13 02 2019 b                                                  G.GYSSELS

ITS VULCANO A 5335

A 5335   VULCANO   La Spezia   11 02 2019 a                                      G.GYSSELS

A 5335   VULCANO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : LOGISTIC SUPPORT SHIP
LAID DOWN : 09 February 2016
LAUNCHED  : 22 June 2018
COMMISSIONED : under construction scheduled end 2020

On the night of 22 / 23 July 2018 a fire broke out on the ship's stern superstructure. It is now replaced.

A 5335   VULCANO   La Spezia   11 02 2019 b                                      G.GYSSELS

ITS MITILO A 5380 ex M 5459 ex MSI 67

A 5380   MILITO   La Spezia   12 02 2019                                      G.GYSSELS

A 5380   MITILO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : MSI - INSHORE MINESWEEPER
LAID DOWN : 07 March 1956
LAUNCHED  : 08 June 1957
COMMISSIONED : 11 July 1957
DECOMMISSIONED : 2017

The M 5459 MILITO was reclassified A 5380 MILITO on 01 February 1985 together with sisterships and formed the 74  training Squadron based at La Spezia.
Decommissioned in 2017 and still lying at La Spezia.

ITS NAZARIO SAURO S 518

S 518   NAZARIO SAURO   Genoa   10 02 2019 a                                      G.GYSSELS

S 518   NAZARIO SAURO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : SAURO - CLASS SUBMARINE  ( BATCH  I )
LAID DOWN : 26 June 1976
LAUNCHED  : 09 October 1976
COMMISSIONED : 01 March 1980
DECOMMISSIONED : 30 April 2002

Decommissioned on 30 April 2002 she was stricken from the Naval Register 07 June 2005.
From September 2009 she became a museum ship in Genoa, ITALY.

S 518   NAZARIO SAURO   Genoa   10 02 2019 b                                      G.GYSSELS

S 518   NAZARIO SAURO   Genoa   10 02 2019 c                                      G.GYSSELS

S 518   NAZARIO SAURO   Genoa   10 02 2019 d                                      G.GYSSELS

S 518   NAZARIO SAURO   Genoa   10 02 2019 e                                      G.GYSSELS

S 518   NAZARIO SAURO   Genoa   10 02 2019 f                                      G.GYSSELS

ITS LEONARDO DA VINCI S 520

ex S 520   LEONARDO DA VINCI   La Spezia   11 02 2019               G.GYSSELS

S 520   LEONARDO DA VINCI
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE : SAURO - CLASS SUBMARINE  ( BATCH II )
LAID DOWN : 01 July 1976
LAUNCHED  : 20 October 1979
COMMISSIONED : 06 November 1982
DECOMMISSIONED : 30 June 2010

ITS MIRTO A 5306 ex M 5539

A 5306   MIRTO   Toulon   09 1982                            ( Original  b & w negative in collection )

A 5306   MIRTO
FLAG : ITALY
TYPE :  ADJUTANT - CLASS MINESWEEPER
LAID DOWN : 1952
LAUNCHED  : 02 November 1954
COMMISSIONED : 05 August 1956
DECOMMISSIONED : 2000

The M 5539 MIRTO was converted to a Hydrographic / Survey vessel at LA SPEZIA and recommissioned as A 5306 MIRTO in 1975.
She was decommissioned end 2000 and scrapped at Aliaga TURKEY in 2008

A 5306   MIRTO   Toulon   09 1982                            ( Original  b & w negative in collection )