Intermarine is an Italian

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company, owned by the Rodriquez Cantieri Navali Group.

Company

Founded in 1970, Intermarine specializes in building boats and ships with

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hulls. In September 2002, the company was acquired by Rodriquez Cantieri Navali, a builder of high-speed vessels. That led to Intermarine introducing ships which are built with steel and aluminum, using technology from its parent company. RCN owns four

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s on the west coast of Italy and Intermarine has access to them for production. A shipyard was operated in the United States by the subcompany Intermarine USA after the purchase of the Sayler Marine Corporation shipyard in

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in 1987; but with the 2002 acquisition by Rodriquez, that yard was no longer owned by the company. As of December 2015, business mainly consists of the contract with the

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for a total of 176 million euros relating to the modernization of eight Gaeta-class

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s, and the contract with the

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for the supply of three minesweepers and related logistic package, from the contract with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali for the supply of a navigating platform and a related logistic package.

Products

Intermarine builds exclusively military ships in three designs: *

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s are ships designed for the disposal of mines and for which Intermarine's composite construction is well suited, as the high elasticity of a composite hull makes it flexible enough to absorb the energy from a mine blast at close range without significant damage. Intermarine has built 38 minesweepers for seven customers, including three under construction for the

. *Intermarine built hydro-oceanographic

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s for the

; two were built for charting the seafloor. *Intermarine began producing

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s. Five patrol boats are under construction, but none have yet been delivered. They have either composite or aluminum hulls and are capable of speeds above 50 knots.

Ships

: Lerici-class minehunter *

Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessel ''Katanpää''-class mine countermeasure vessels are a class of three multipurpose mine countermeasure vessels (MCMV) ordered by the Finnish Navy. The nearly 250 million euro contract was awarded to the Italian shipyard Intermarine S.p.A. in 2006 ...

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