Intermarine is an Italian

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company, owned by the Rodriquez Cantieri Navali Group.

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Founded in 1970, Intermarine has specialized in building boats and ships with fibre-reinforced plastic hulls. In September 2002, the company was acquired by Rodriquez Cantieri Navali, a shipbuilder focusing on high-speed vessels. This led to Intermarine introducing ships built out of steel and aluminum, using technology from their parent company. Rodriquez owns four shipyards on the west coast of Italy, all of which Intermarine has access to for production. A third shipyard was run in the United States by the subcompany Intermarine USA following the purchase of the Sayler Marine Corporation shipyard in

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in 1987, but by the 2002 acquisition by Rodriquez, this yard was no longer owned by the company. At 31 December 2015, the activity mainly consisted of the contract with the Italian Navy (for a total of 176 million euros) relating to the modernization of eight Gaeta-class minesweepers, the contract with the Finnish Navy for the supply of three minesweeper units and related logistic package, from the contract with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali for the supply of a Navigating Platform and related logistic package.

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Intermarine builds exclusively military ships in three designs. *

Minesweeper A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...

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

Finnish Navy The Finnish Navy ( fi, Merivoimat, sv, Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short f ...

. *Intermarine has also built hydro-oceanographic ships for the Italian Navy. The vessels are

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, and two have been built for the purposes of charting seafloor. *Intermarine has also begun producing

patrol boats A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...

, of which five are under construction, but none have yet been delivered. The vessels are produced with either composite or aluminum hulls, and are capable of speeds above 50 knots.

Ships

Naval * Italian Navy: Lerici-class minehunter *

: Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessel

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