Coast Guard Resumes Lake Garda Patrols to Enhance Emergency Services

The Coast Guard patrol boat returns to Lake Garda, and from mid-June it will begin providing emergency response and surveillance services across the entire Lake Garda basin. This was announced by the president of Comunità del Garda, Giuseppe Mongiello, who will be in Rome in the coming days at the Ministry of Transport and Navigation to formalize the operation.

The Comunità del Garda, in agreement with Lombardy, Veneto, and the Autonomous Province of Trento, has had to make significant efforts to ensure the Coast Guard rescue service is reconfirmed on the lake; there is no specific regulation explicitly providing for the presence of Coast Guard personnel and equipment in internal waters.

The patrol boat and its features

In a few weeks, the sophisticated vessel of the CP 800 class, measuring 12 meters in length and just over 4 meters in width, weighing 12 tons, will once again patrol the waters of Lake Garda. The Coast Guard vessel is equipped with state-of-the-art onboard instrumentation.

This nautical engineering masterpiece is powered by two Isotta Fraschini L1 30T2 MML engines, each delivering 400 KW. It can reach a top speed of 30 knots, has an autonomy of 160 miles, can navigate in extreme sea conditions, and is unsinkable and self-righting.

“It wasn’t easy, but we achieved the goal,” says the president of Comunità del Garda. “This rescue service complements and strengthens those already brilliantly performed by the Carabinieri, State Police, Guardia di Finanza, and volunteer Civil Protection workers.”

The operational base

The operational base for Coast Guard personnel will be located in Bogliaco, at the port of the Gargnano Sailing Club.