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Italian Shipyard Intermarine Delivers 2nd El Kasseh-class MCM Vessel to Algeria
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Italian Shipyard Intermarine Delivers 2nd El Kasseh-class MCM Vessel to Algeria

Italian shipyard Intermarine (a subsidiary of the Immsi S.p.A. industrial group) has delivered the second El Kasseh-class mine counter measure (MCM) vessel to the Algerian Navy on 29 July. A third unit is currently under construction.

Xavier Vavasseur 20 Aug 2020

The vessel, based on the Lerici and Gaeta classes MCM vessels of the Italian Navy, has a 52.5 metre length and 10 metre beam (for a total displacement of approximately 700 metric tons) and is powered by two diesel engines for a top speed of between 13 and 16 knots.

The structure – including the hull – is built using the unstiffened monocoque single skin construction technique, with a fibreglass developed specifically for this type of project. The superstructures, realised in a sandwich configuration consisting of two fibreglass and carbon fibre layers encasing a balsa core, are constructed with the resin infusion process.

In its press release (in which the customer is not named as is typically the case for Algeria), Intermarine adds that they have already built 43 minesweepers, in 9 different configurations, for the navies of 8 countries, including the USA, Australia and Italy, confirming its international leadership in this particular sector of vessels.

#fattoinitalia Intermarine "El Kasseh 2" prodotto nel cantiere di Sarzana (La Spezia) – per la Al-Bahriyya al-wataniyya al-Jaza'iriyya (Algeria). #cacciamine pic.twitter.com/GEdvUvrR5G

— Fatto in Italia (@CosimoDina) July 18, 2020

Regarding the Algerian Navy, the first vessel El-Kasseh 1 (pennant 501) had its keel laid in 2012, was launched in April 2016 and commissioned in June 2017. The vessel that was just delivered El-Kasseh 2 (pennant 502) had its keel laid in 2016 and was launched in December 2018.

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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