By 2015, all but two of the current
flotilla of eight INS vessels will be at least 30 years old, including three OPVs built at Verolme Dockyard, Cork, and commissioned into service during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
SWATHs for Latvia Small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) technology has been applied in a design developed by Abeking & Rasmussen, which has subsequently been chosen by Latvia for a new fl eet of patrol boats. T e SWATH concept offers attributes with regard to stability and motion comfort in high seas and at high speeds, and the 25.7m Skrunda patrol vessel class – fi rst commissioned in 2011 – is derived from the German builder’s previous 25m SWATH pilot boat type. Under the programme implemented
for the Latvian Navy, construction of three vessels was assigned to Abeking & Rasmussen’s Lemwerder yard, while two newbuilds were assembled at Riga Shipyard, Latvia. T e main duties of these patrol boats are to monitor and control national and EU territorial waters and the EEZ, as well as to carry out search and rescue operations. However, the provision of a mount for a mission module in the foreship between the two hulls allows for a range of missions to be conducted, potentially including tasks such as hydrographic survey, environmental protection or diving operations. Diff ering from the arrangements in the
SWATH pilot boats, the main engines in the patrol craſt are placed in the lower hull spaces, so as to better fulfil the
FB Design to build advanced composites craft
Italian high-speed boat builder FB Design has secured a contract to build 10 customs patrol boats for Turkey. The project has attracted a measure of EU funding and the new series of craft will be to a modifi ed version of the company’s FB43 design.
Construction will be in advanced composites, using closed-cell polyurethane foam in the hull structure. The propulsion machinery will consist of a pair of Fiat FPT diesels, coupled via ZF gearing to the propeller shafts for a speed of around 30 knots.
SWATH boats. GL surveyors will conduct periodic examinations throughout the lifecycle to verify that the vessels continue to be fi t for purpose, technically reliable and seaworthy.
Respite for P+S Werften Keeping faith in ailing German shipbuilder P+S Werften, as it battles with the consequences of insolvency administration, the Swedish Coast Guard has commissioned a new pair of multi-role vessels from the Wolgast-based yard. Initially,
the Swedish organisation
design needs related to accommodating a crew of eight and staying at sea for a week at a time. Compact engines of the MAN D2842
high-speed diesel series have been installed, each yielding 809kW, and driving Servogear controllable pitch propellers through Servogear reduction gearboxes. As a result, these boats have achieved a trial speed of 21.4knots with the redundant propulsion system. The Latvian Navy has made the
decision to maintain the vessels in class due to the advanced nature of the design, resulting in what class society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) claims as the fi rst-ever such contract involving military
ordered four of the 52m loa multipurpose coast guard vessels in 2008, the first two of which were delivered in June and July 2012. Due to insolvency proceedings, a new contract had to be negotiated for the completion of the third and fourth ships. This was drawn up in November 2012 with the Swedish Coast Guard by insolvency administrators Brinkmann & Partner and P+S Werften, leading to the handover of the third-of-class KBV 033 in March this year, followed a month later by the fourth vessel, KBV 034. The new series is assigned to the
full range of coastguard tasks, such as monitoring shipping traffic in coastal areas, border security, customs inspections and fishery protection. In addition, the vessels are equipped for firefighting at sea and in port, undertaking search and rescue and oil spill clean-up duties. The operating area for the KBV generation encompasses not only all coastal waters, but also the southern lake systems of Vanern and Malaren.
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