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The Harbour office of Genoa has taken in delivery new motor patrol vessel CP 311
It is eleventh of the fifteen units commissioned to the Codecasadue ship yard of Viareggio
April 23, 2012
The Harbour office of Genoa has taken in delivery new launched motor patrol vessel CP 311 12th December in the Codecasadue Ship yards of Viareggio. The unit is the eleventh motor patrol vessel of the fifteen commissioned to the Tuscan yard from Italian Guard Costiera and belongs to 300 class "Admiral Francese", that it is dedicated by the general command of the Body of the Harbour offices to admiral Giuseppe Francese, already marine director of the Liguria from 1987 to the 1990 and head of Body at the beginning of years 90, to which must the operating important carried out that Guard Costiera characterizes the Harbour offices today -.
The naval means, that it represents a true revolution in the activity of search and aid for the safeguard of the human life in sea, are along 18,8 meters outside all and are equipped of two engines "Man" from 1.000 horses one that allow to reach the maximum speed of 30 knots with the autonomy of 460 miles. Between the main characteristics of the motor patrol vessel in fact, that of being autoribaltante graces to a special system of reserve of floaters and to an electronic system of vanguard, than returns it inaffondabile. It can transport four people of crew and 18-20 passengers. The unit is destined for the rescues in sea with any condition of the sea and the wind also to remarkable distance from the coast.
Baptism and first employment of CP 311 have happened participating to the delicate nautical-marine-environmental operations in occasion of the incident been necessary to Costa Concordia to Isola del Giglio where, among other things, they are taken part as first rescuers in sea, the underwater operators pertaining to 5° the Nucleus of Genoa.
"Very current a all-weather unit - it has emphasized admiral Felicio Angrisano, marine director of the Liguria - a jump in the future and true added value to the safeguard objectives, than will afford us of being still more anticipates in our sea to guarantee of that indispensable safety for which, for job or diporto, they operate to you".
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The Harbour office of Genoa has taken in delivery new launched motor patrol vessel CP 311 12th December in the Codecasadue Ship yards of Viareggio. The unit is the eleventh motor patrol vessel of the fifteen commissioned to the Tuscan yard from Italian Guard Costiera and belongs to 300 class "Admiral Francese", that it is dedicated by the general command of the Body of the Harbour offices to admiral Giuseppe Francese, already marine director of the Liguria from 1987 to the 1990 and head of Body at the beginning of years 90, to which must the operating important carried out that Guard Costiera characterizes the Harbour offices today -.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
