Italian ship Ercole (Y 430)

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History

Italy
Name	Ercole
Namesake	Ercole
Builder	Damen shipyard in Gdynia (Poland)
Launched	2002
Acquired	2013
Commissioned	18 June 2014^[1]
In service	1
Homeport	Taranto
Identification	Pennant number: Y430
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Coastal tugboat
Displacement	540 tonnes (full-load)
Length	28.67 m (94 ft 1 in) oa
Beam	10.43 m (34 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 x diesel engines Wartsila 9L20C (1.620 kW eachone) 2 x Voith propellers
Notes	towing fixed point: 52,5 tonnes

Ercole (Y430) is a Coastal tugboat of the Italian Navy ^[2]

History

Ercole (Y430) is a tugboat designed on Damen Azimuth Stern Drive Tug 2810 plans.^[3]
It was built in Damen Shipyards to Gdynia (Poland) and was delivered to Italian maritime operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti Spezzini La Spezia, on October 2002, named Levanto Secondo.
In 2013 it was sell to AID Agenzia Industrie Difesa (Defence Factories Agency) for Marina Militare.
Ercole (Y430) was update in Arsenale militare marittimo di Messina^[4] with new Voith propellers.

References

v t e Ship classes of the Italian Navy
Aircraft carriers	Cavour^S Giuseppe Garibaldi^S
Amphibious ships	San Giorgio class LCM62 class MTM217 class MTP96 class
Destroyers	Nicoloso da Recco (Navigatori class)^C Grecale (Maestrale class)^C Granatiere (Soldati class)^C Artigliere class (Benson/Gleaves class)^X Fante class (Fletcher class)^X San Giorgio class Impetuoso class Impavido class Audace class Durand de la Penne class
Frigates	Aldebaran class (Cannon class)^X Centauro class Bergamini class Alpino class Lupo class Maestrale class Soldati class Orizzonte class Bergamini class
Corvettes	Antilope class Gabbiano class^C Alabarda^S Albatros class Sentinella^S Pietro De Cristofaro class Minerva class
Patrol boats	Comandanti class Cassiopea class Sirio class Esploratore class Thaon di Revel class
Submarines	Enrico Tazzoli class (Gato class)^X Evangelista Torricelli class (Balao class)^X Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia class (Tench class)^X Livio Piomarta class (Tang class)^X Marconi class Toti class Sauro class Todaro (Type 212)^X SRV-300^S
Minesweepers	Gaeta class Lerici class
Auxiliary ships	Etna class Stromboli class Anteo^S Marino class Elettra^S Alliance^S Leonardo^S Ammiraglio Magnaghi^S Ninfe class Rossetti class Simeto class Bormida^S Panarea class Gorgona class Ponza class GGS 1012 class Atlante class Ciclope class RP 101 class RP 113 class RP 118 class Ercole^S Porto class Cheradi^S Argo^S
Training ships	Amerigo Vespucci Palinuro Italia Orsa Maggiore Caroly Capricia Stella Polare Corsaro II
Floating dry docks	GO 59 GO 58 GO 55 GO 52 GO 22 GO 20 GO 11
Future ships	LHD Trieste PPA LSS Vulcano Cabrini class (UNPAV) USSP UIOM DDX
S Single ship of class C Served in World War II X Imported