_01.jpg) Vulcano in July 2023 in Genoa | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Vulcano class |
| Builders | Fincantieri |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Stromboli class |
| Subclasses | Bâtiment ravitailleur de forces |
| Cost | €374.6 million (2019) for the first unit |
| Built | 2016–present |
| In commission | 2021–present |
| Planned | |
| Building | 1×French Navy |
| Completed |
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| Active | 2 (1x French Navy; 1x Italian Navy) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Logistic support ship |
| Displacement | 27,200 t (26,800long tons) full load |
| Length | |
| Beam | 27.2 m (89 ft 3 in) |
| Height | 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Endurance | 30 days |
| Complement | 188 (+5) + 42 transported + 13 hospitalised |
| Crew | 167 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 helicoptersAW-101 |
| Aviation facilities |
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| Notes |
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TheVulcano class is a class ofreplenishment oiler used by theItalian Navy, withlead shipVulcano of the class entered service on 12 March 2021.[5] The ships are designed to support fleet operations with fuel and dry stores and expected to replace theStromboli class, another class of replenishment oiler from the Navy.Vulcano was financed under the 2014 Naval Law,[6] for€346 million, then increased to €374.6 million, when the length was extended by 12 metres (39 ft). A second shipAtlante was ordered in January 2022 for projected delivery in 2025. The Navy also had an option for a third ship of the class.[7] However, under the Italian MoD’s Multi-Year Defence Planning Document (Documento Programmatico Pluriennale della Difesa, DPP) for the 2023-2025 timeframe, a fourth ship was added to the program.[8]
TheFrench Navy throughOCCAR ordered three modified ships of the class to replace itsDurance-class tankers to be delivered in 2023, 2025 and 2027. A fourth ship to be ordered is projected for service entry after 2030.[9] The program is known as theBâtiment ravitailleur de forces (BRF).[10][11] France officially joined the program in October 2018.[12][13] The French BRF ships are 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) longer at 194 m (636 ft 6 in) and 31,000 tons full loaddisplacement compared to 27,200 tons, reflecting the French fleet's greater need foraviation fuel.[14]
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Vulcano was built byFincantieri as yard number 6259. Thestern section was built at the Riva Trigoso Naval Shipyard and thebow section was built at the Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) Naval Shipyard. On the night of 22/23 July 2018, a fire broke out on the ship's stern superstructure.[15]
Vulcano is designed as a support ship able to supply a large naval squadron at sea.[16] She was commissioned in March 2021. The lead ship of the French Navy'sJacques Chevallier sub-class began sea trials in December 2022[17] and was commissioned in November 2024.[18] Steel was cut on a second ship for the French Navy in February 2022[19] and on a second ship for the Italian Navy in July 2022.[20] The second vessels for the French and Italian navies (Jacques Stosskopf &Atlante) both began sea trials in the first half of 2025.[21][22]
The ships have the capability to:
She has a cargo capacity of up to 15,500 t,of which, "at least":
Italics indicate the estimated date
| Pennant no. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Homeport | ||
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 Italian Navy | ||||||||
| A 5335 | Vulcano | Fincantieri (Muggiano) | 13 October 2016[25] | 22 June 2018[citation needed] | 12 March 2021[citation needed] | La Spezia | ||
| A 5336 | Atlante | 28 June 2023[26] | 18 May 2024[27][28][29] | 2025 | Taranto | |||
| TBC | TBC | TBC | ||||||
 French NavyBâtiment ravitailleur de forces[13] | ||||||||
| A 725 | Jacques Chevallier | Chantiers de l'Atlantique (Saint-Nazaire) | 24 December 2021[30] | 29 April 2022[31][32] | 20 November 2024[33] | Toulon;[34][35][36][37][38] first steel cut in May 2020[39][40][41][42] | ||
| A 726 | Jacques Stosskopf[43] | 6 December 2022[44] | 19 August 2024[45] | 2026[46] | Toulon; on post-acceptance trials with the French Navy[47] | |||
| Émile Bertin[43] | 8 August 2024[48] | 2027 | Brest | |||||
| Gustave Zédé[43] | TBC | Projected 2032[49][9] | Toulon | |||||
A fire broke out, for reasons unknown, aboard the logistic support ship (LSS) Vulcano on the night of 22/23 July.
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