Italian training ship Italia

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.
It is owned by Fondazione tender to nave Italia, a non-profit foundation for maritime contest development, with property by Fondazione Tender To Nave Italia.

History

Built at the shipyard Wiswa, Gdańsk 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.
She carries a maximum of of sail, and with an air draft of 44.6 metres is one of the tallest of the tall ships.
Swan fan Makkum was sold 6 February 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.