# Intermarine

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Intermarine
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Intermarine.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarine
> Source revision: 1328032136
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Short description|Italian shipbuilding company}}
{{update|date=May 2019}}
'''Intermarine''' is an Italian [shipbuilding](/source/shipbuilding) company, owned by the Rodriquez Cantieri Navali Group.

==Company==
Founded in 1970, Intermarine specializes in building boats and ships with [fibre-reinforced plastic](/source/fibre-reinforced_plastic) hulls.<ref name="naval tech">{{cite web |url=http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/warship/intermarine/|title=Intermarine – Fast Patrol Boats, Minehunters, Military Boat Design and Construction|publisher=naval-technology.com|accessdate=11 February 2010}}</ref>

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.<ref name="naval tech"/> RCN owns four [shipyard](/source/shipyard)s on the west coast of Italy and Intermarine has access to them for production.<ref name="naval tech" /> A shipyard was operated in the United States by the subcompany Intermarine USA after the purchase of the Sayler Marine Corporation shipyard in [Savannah, Georgia](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia) in 1987;<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Sharpe |editor-first=Richard  |title=Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996-97 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Surrey |date=March 1996 |edition=99th |isbn=0-7106-1355-5 |page=829 |url=https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi0099unse |url-access=registration }}</ref> 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 [Italian Navy](/source/Italian_Navy) for a total of 176 million euros relating to the modernization of eight Gaeta-class [minesweeper](/source/minesweeper)s, and the contract with the [Finnish Navy](/source/Finnish_Navy) for the supply of three minesweepers and related logistic package, from the contract with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali for the supply of a navigating platform{{Vague|date=May 2023}} and a related logistic package.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intermarine {{!}} IMMSI |url=https://www.immsi.it//it/business/settore-navale |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.immsi.it}}</ref>

==Products==
Intermarine builds exclusively military ships in three designs:  
*[Minesweeper](/source/Minesweeper)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{{When|date=May 2023}} for the [Finnish Navy](/source/Finnish_Defence_Forces).<ref name="naval tech"/>
*Intermarine built hydro-oceanographic [catamaran](/source/catamaran)s for the [Italian Navy](/source/Italian_Armed_Forces); two were built for charting the seafloor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rodriquez.it/intermarine/hydrographic.php|title=Hydrographic vessel|publisher=Rodriquez|accessdate=11 February 2010}}</ref>
*Intermarine began producing [patrol boat](/source/patrol_boat)s. Five patrol boats are under construction, but none have yet{{When|date=May 2023}} been delivered. They have either composite or aluminum hulls and are capable of speeds above 50 knots.<ref name="naval tech"/>

==Ships==

* [Italian Navy](/source/Italian_Navy): [Lerici-class minehunter](/source/Lerici-class_minehunter)<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/warship/intermarine/|title=Intermarine – Fast Patrol Boats, Minehunters, Military Boat Design and Construction|publisher=naval-technology.com|accessdate=1 July 2010}}</ref>
* [Finnish Navy](/source/Finnish_Navy): [Katanpää-class mine countermeasure vessel](/source/Katanp%C3%A4%C3%A4-class_mine_countermeasure_vessel)

==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Companies|Transport}}
*[Azimut Yachts](/source/Azimut_Yachts)
*[Benetti](/source/Benetti)
*[Fincantieri](/source/Fincantieri)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.intermarine.it Home page] {{in lang|it}}
*[http://www.rodriquez.it/intermarine/home_intermarine.php Home page redirect] {{in lang|it}}

{{Shipbuilding companies of Italy}}

Category:Shipbuilding companies of Italy
Category:Defence companies of Italy
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1970
Category:Italian companies established in 1970
Category:Italian brands

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Intermarine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarine) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermarine?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.