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Benetti is an Italian shipbuilding and boat building company based in Viareggio, Livorno, and Fano, owned by Azimut Benetti S.p.A.. Benetti designs and constructs motoryachts, and is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts, having won the Showboats International magazine "shipyard number 1" award six times in a row, the only yard to have done so.
The 200/S class patrol boats are characterised by high speed and excellent seaworthiness. They have aluminium hulls and have been designed to comply with Italian Coast Guard requirements. Propulsion is provided by two lateral diesel engines, each driving a fixed-pitch propeller, and by one central diesel engine couplet with a “booster ...
They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport. Informally known as "box boats," they carry the majority of the world's dry cargo. Most container ships are propelled by diesel engines and have crews of between 10 and 30 people. They generally have a large accommodation block at the stern, directly above the engine room.
East Riding of Yorkshire. Hessle: Henry Scarr (1897–1932); [36] Richard Dunston (1932-1994) [37] Hampshire. Portsmouth Naval Base. Vosper & Company (1871–1966) Vosper Thornycroft (1966–2008) BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships (2008–present) [34] Isle of Wight. East Cowes. J Samuel White (1700s–1963) Wight Shipyard; Kent. Northfleet ...
Naval ensign of Italy. This is a list of active Italian Navy ships.The navy maintains approximately 181 ships in service, [1] including minor auxiliary vessels. The fleet has started a process of renewal that will see 50 ships retired by 2025 and replaced by 30 multi-mission ships. [2]
The Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard (Corpo delle Capitanerie di porto – Guardia costiera) is the coast guard of Italy and is part of the Italian Navy under the control of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, as well as the ...
Passenger ships of Italy include all ships designed, built, or operated in Italy for the purpose of transporting passengers. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Passenger ships of Italy . Subcategories
The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...