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Completion of contract for three minehunters Sarzana, 2 November 2016 – At a ceremony held this morning at Porto Lotti (La Spezia), Intermarine, a subsidiary of the Immsi S.p.A. industrial group, handed over the Vahterpaa, a minehunter in the Katanpää class, to the Finnish Navy. The formal documentation ratifying the handover of the vessel was signed by the Commander of the Finnish Navy, Rear Admiral Veijo Taipalus, and by the CEO of Intermarine, Livio Corghi. Intermarine is a world leader in the design, construction and fitting of special military vessels with particularly stringent operating requirements; these are highly advanced ships which require outstanding levels of expertise at every stage,” said Immsi Group Chairman Roberto Colaninno. “Over the years, Intermarine has established a strong position on the international market thanks to the excellent reputation gained as a supplier of special vessels such as this minehunter to the world’s most illustrious navies, and the completion of the order for the Finnish Navy with today’s handover was an important challenge culminating in a success in which we take great pride.” With this delivery, Intermarine has completed the order to supply the Finnish Navy with three minehunters. The three vessels in the Katanpää class built for the Finnish Navy are the result of a lengthy process to perfect and adapt the Intermarine basic project to the customer’s specific requirements. A Katanpää class minehunter is 52.4 metres long LOA with an approximately 10 metre beam (for a total displacement of 680 tonnes) and is powered by two diesel engines supporting a top speed of more than 13 knots. The structure – including the hull – is made with a new type of glass fibre developed specifically for this project, and is built employing the “Unstiffened Monocoque Single Skin”construction technique used for all Intermarine minehunters. The superstructures are made from a “sandwich” material, with two layers of glass fibre and carbon fibre around a balsa wood heart, and built using the vacuum infusion process. Katanpää class minehunter present a new capability of Mine Countermeasures including minehunting and disposal capabilities along with the already existing minehunting capabilities in the Finnish Navy. The Procurement is mainly for homeland defense. The Katanpää class minehunter capability can also be used for co-operation between other authorities e.g. seabed mapping, underwater search and identification operations and EOD-operations. Katanpää class minehunter are EU and NATO operations capable and are designed for international crises handling operations if needed. Confirming its international leadership in this sector of defence vessels, Intermarine has already built or is building at its facilities, 43 minehunters, in 10 different configurations for the Navies of 9 countries, including the USA, Australia and Italy. For more information:Immsi Group Press OfficeDiego RancatiVia Broletto 13 – 20121 Milan – ItalyMob: +39.366.6267720E-mail: diego.rancati@immsi.it; diego.rancati@piaggio.com