Anteo A 5309
History
Italy
Name	Anteo
Builder	Cantiere Navale Ernesto Breda, Marghera, (Venezia)
Laid down	20 July 1977
Launched	11 November 1978
Commissioned	31 July 1980
In service	1
Homeport	La Spezia
Identification	Pennant number: A 5309 Hull number: 285 MMSI number: 247904000
Motto	In undis per undas pro vita
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	submarine rescue ship
Displacement	3,874 tonnes (full-load).[1]
Length	98.4 m (322 ft 10 in)
Beam	15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draught	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	3 x diesel generators GMT A-230-12 (1,560 kW each) 2 x electric engine Magneti Marelli (4,410 kW)[2] 1 x shaft 2 x bow thrusters
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	10,500 nmi (19,400 km; 12,100 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	141
Sensors and processing systems	2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radars AN/SPN-748
Armament	2 × Oerlikon 20/70 mm or Browning M2HB 12,7 mm
Notes	- flight deck - retractile hangar for one medium helicopter (AB-212 class) - 1 x 12 t crane - 1 × 6 t crane

Anteo (A 5309) is a submarine rescue ship of the Italian Navy, assigned to Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori "Teseo Tesei" (COMSUBIN).^[3] Anteo is the third ship to bear this name in the Italian Navy. The ship's design was developed by the "Ufficio Navi Speciali del Reparto Progetti Navi" (Special Office of the Ships Projects Division), according to the guidelines provided by the Navy General Staff. The ship was built at Cantiere Navale Breda di Porto Marghera and commissioned to the Italian Navy on 31 July 1980.

It is fitted with:^[4]

• SDC system for submarine rescue up to 250 m deep^[5]
• SRC Submarine Rescue Chamber: Mc-Cann rescue bell, for submarine rescue up to 120 m deep;^[6] height: 4 m, diameter: 2,20 m, displacement 9,5 tonnes, 6 survivors per cycle;
• DRASS Galeazzi SRV-300 deep-submergence rescue vehicle^[7] for submarine rescue up to 300 m deep; 12 survivors per cycle;^[8] length overall 8.46 m, width overall 3.13 m, height (without skirt) 3.17 m, displacement 27.3 tonnes (since 1980 and until 2002 was used Breda MSM-1S USEL deep-submergence rescue vehicle);
• 3 x hardsuit atmospheric diving suit (ADS) systems of Oceanworks International for submarine rescue up to 300 m deep^[9]
• 1 x SAAB Seaeye Falcon ROV
• 1 x Gaymarine Pluto ROV
• 1 x hull mounted Konsberg Simrad EM 1002 multi beam sonar^[10]
• 1 x DRASS Galeazzi compression chamber for 12 persons
• 2 x DRASS Galeazzi compression chambers for 6 and 3 persons

• deep-submergence rescue vehicle DRASS Galeazzi SRV-300
• deep-submergence rescue vehicle Breda MSM-1S USEL
• COMSUBIN
• Italian ship USSP

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