Trieste (L9890) is a landing helicopter dock (LHD) of the Italian Navy with aircraft carrier capabilities.[12] It had been expected to be commissioned in June 2022.[13] However, as of mid-2022 that date was pushed back by several months into 2023.[14]
![]() Trieste at Castellammare di Stabia, Italy in 2020 | |
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Name | Trieste |
Namesake | Trieste, a city and seaport in northeastern Italy |
Awarded | 3 July 2015 |
Builder | Fincantieri, Castellammare di Stabia, Naples, Italy |
Cost | € 1.171 billion[1] |
Yard number | 6260[2] |
Laid down | 20 February 2018[3] |
Launched | 25 May 2019[4] |
Sponsored by | Laura Mattarella |
Commissioned | January 2023 (expected) |
Identification | Pennant number: L9890 |
Status | Sea trials[5] |
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Type | Landing helicopter dock[6] |
Displacement | 38,000 t (37,000 long tons) full load[7] |
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Beam | 47 m (154 ft 2 in) |
Depth | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
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Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) to 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Endurance | 30 days |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | integrated EW System by Elettronica Spa with RESM/RECM/CESM and ELINT/COMINT capabilities |
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Aircraft carried | usually 12 × AgustaWestland AW101 or combination with SH90A, AgustaWestland AW129D and F-35B; |
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The ship will be equipped with medium helicopters like EH101 and NH90 and Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II aircraft.[15] It will have a floodable well deck below the hangar level able to accommodate amphibious landing vessels such as LCM (new Cantieri Navali Vittoria LCM23 type), LCAC, and newer L-CAT (Landing Catamaran) vessels. It also can carry Ariete MBT, B1 Centauro tank destroyers, and up to 600 soldiers. Its base will be in Taranto.[16][17]
The unit is being built at Fincantieri's Castellamare di Stabia facility near Naples, Italy. The first steel was cut on 12 January 2017 and construction of the hull was completed on 25 May 2019.[8]The ship began sea trials in August 2021.[18] It is the largest Italian military ship built after the Second World War.[19] When commissioned it will be the largest vessel of the Italian Navy.[6][20]
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