Italian ship Alliance (A 5345)


Alliance is a Research Vessel owned by NATO and operated by Marina Militare as a NATO Research vessel and owned by the CMRE – Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, in La Spezia, Italy. Alliance has the status of an auxiliary ship of the Marina Militare.
The function of the NRV Alliance is to conduct a wide range of acoustic, oceanographic research and engineering technology tasks on behalf of NATO, Marina Militare and third party organizations when 'on hire' for charters in global waters.
Particular care has been taken in the design and construction to create a versatile research platform that is adaptable to the Centre's needs and reduce noise output to the lowest possible level in order to minimize interference with research work.

History

Commissioned on 15 April 1988 to SACLANT of La Spezia, under the German flag.
Alliance was transferred to the Italian naval flag on 9 April 2016. The vessel is manned and operated on behalf of NATO by the Italian Navy under a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 22 December 2015.

General Information

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There are 2 independent systems for ship communications and for scientific trials.
The ship system, which uses radios complying with SOLAS and GMDSS rules, includes Inmarsat systems.