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History
Italy
Name	Italia (A5314)
Owner	Fondazione tender to nave Italia
Operator	Marina Militare
Builder	Wiswa shipyard (Gdańsk, Poland)
Laid down	1992
Launched	30 March 1993
Commissioned	1993
Recommissioned	19 March 2007
In service	1
Renamed	Swan fan Makkum (1993),; Italia (2007);
Identification	IMO number: 8872825; MMSI number: 247204900; Callsign: IASW;
Motto	Sursum corda
Status	in service
Notes	Pennant number A5314
General characteristics
Type	Brigantine
Tonnage	404 GT
Length	- 61.0 m (200 ft 2 in) LOA; - 53.7 m (176 ft 2 in) LPP;
Beam	9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Height	44.6 m (146 ft 4 in) at mainmast
Draught	3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Sail plan	n. 14 - 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet)
Speed	6.5 knots (12.0 km/h; 7.5 mph)
Endurance	15 days on engine prop with good weather
Complement	- 45, of which:; - 21 crew; - 24 guests;
Notes	- 1 x diesel engine Caterpillar D353, 357.94 kW (480.01 bhp); - 1 x shaft; - 2 x diesel engine generators Mitsubishi, 57 kW (76 bhp); - 1 x Bow thrust;

Italia is a brigantine, where projects are carried out to fully develop the potential of people with disabilities or social disadvantage. The Ship is led by personnel from the Italian Navy.^[1]

It is owned by Fondazione tender to nave Italia, a non-profit foundation for maritime contest development,^{[clarification needed]} with property by Fondazione Tender To Nave Italia.

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 1,300 square metres (14,000 square feet) 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.