MTM217-class landing craft

Class overview
Name	MTM217
Builders	Cantiere Campanella (Savona)
Operators	Italian Navy
Preceded by	MTM544
Succeeded by	Template:Sclass-
In service	1968
Building	8
Active	8
General characteristics
Class and type	MTM217
Type	Mechanized landing craft
Displacement	65 t (64 long tons) full load
Length	18.5 m (60 ft 8 in) LOA
Beam	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) over all
Propulsion	- 2 x shaft; - 2 x diesel engines FIAT, 412 kW (553 bhp);
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h) loaded
Range	300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Capacity	- 80 troops or; - 30 t (30 long tons);
Complement	3

The MTM217 is a mechanized landing craft class used by the Marina Militare.^[1]

History

MTM217 class is a vehicle crafted to support amphibious military action.
This boat has been designed for the transport of troops and ground vehicles, as part of landing operations on the coasts.
These models are required and employed by all major navy forces, for their versatility.
The hull construction material is steel.

Eight of these craft are used as reserve craft by Brigata Marina San Marco to Brindisi Naval Station homeport.

Landing Craft

Italian Navy – MTM217 class
Name	Pennant number	Hull number	Launched	Commissioned	Notes
MTM217	MEN217			1968	LCM17^[2]
MTM218	MEN218			1968	LCM18^[3]
MTM219	MEN219			1968	LCM19
MTM220	MEN220			1968	LCM20^[4]
MTM221	MEN221			1968	LCM21^[5]
MTM222	MEN222			1968	LCM22^[6]
MTM227	MEN227			1968	LCM23
MTM228	MEN228			1968	LCM24

References

[1] ttp://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Mezzidasbarco.aspx

[2] ttp://www.protezionecivile.gov.it/resources/cms/images/FOT2787_d0.jpg

[3] ttp://www.marina.difesa.it/sites/AMC1/SiteCollectionImages/a8d7a390-d9d6-4fa1-857a-82ca7d567945/5f898987-6610-4a0f-abb2-12eb475bc3f605.jpg

[4] ttp://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/16438/1338146190.jpg

[5] ttp://www.associazionelagunari.it/images/leonte_75.jpg

[6] ttp://www.naviearmatori.net/albums/userpics/11615/1368877668.jpg

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v t e Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale (Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class (Benson/Gleaves class)^X Fante class (Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class (Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Antilope class Gabbiano class^C Alabarda^S Albatros class Sentinella^S Pietro De Cristofaro class Minerva class
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
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
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