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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | Italy|naval}} | Ship name=Italia (A5314) | Ship namesake= | Ship owner=Fondazione tender to nave Italia | Marina Militare}} | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Wiswa shipyard (Gdańsk, Poland) | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=1992 | Ship launched=30 March 1993 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=1993 | Ship recommissioned=19 March 2007 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service=1 | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed=*Swan fan Makkum (1993), | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | 8872825}}- {{MMSI Number|247204900}}
- Callsign: IASW
| Ship motto=Sursum corda | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=in service | Ship status= | Ship notes=Pennant number A5314 | Ship badge= }}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship type=Brigantine | 404|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=in}} (gross tons) | 61.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} LOA- - {{convert|53.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} LPP
| 9.16|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 44.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} at mainmast | 3.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship hold depth= | 1300|m2|sqft|abbr=off|lk=out}} | 6.5|kn|lk=in}} | Ship sails= | Ship endurance=15 days on engine prop with good weather | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement=*- 45, of which: | Ship crew= | Ship armament= | Ship armour= | Ship armor= | 357.94|kW|bhp|abbr=on}}- - 1 x shaft
- - 2 x diesel engine generators Mitsubishi, {{convert|57|kW|bhp|abbr=on}}
- - 1 x Bow thrust
}} | Italia is a brigantine, active as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy.[1]It is owned by Fondazione tender to nave Italia, a non-profit foundation for maritime contest development,{{clarify|date=January 2017}} with property shared by Italian Navy and Yacht Club Italiano. History Built at the shipyard Wiswa, Gdańsk (Poland) as Swan fan Makkum it is a Brigantine. Named for Willem Sligting, Makkum, christened by Hinke de Vries, co-owner and wife, in a multilingual fashion: English, Polish and Frysian and after the ceremony launched in the river Wisla. She is the largest brigantine in the world, as well as the largest two masted sailing vessel, with an overall length of 61 metres (200 ft). She carries a maximum of {{convert|1300|m2|sqft|abbr=off|lk=out}} of sail, and with an air draft of 44.6 metres (144 ft) is one of the tallest of the tall ships. Swan fan Makkum was sold February 6, 2007 to Fondazione tender to nave Italia and renamed Nave Italia, commissioned to Italian Navy on 19 March 2007. She will continue to appear as a competitor in the Tall Ships Race, her first appearance as Nave Italia was in the 2007 Mediterranean series. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.marina.difesa.it/uominimezzi/navi/Pagine/Italia.aspx |title=Italia - Marina Militare |website=Marina.difesa.it |date= |accessdate=2017-01-12}}
External links- Nave Italia
- Yacht Club Italiano
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