Damen Offers OPV 1500 to Philipine Navy

28 September 2018

Damen OPV 1500 (photo : Maxdefense)

Damen aims to build Philippine profile

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding is looking to establish within the Philippines a similar industrial footprint to the profiles it has developed in neighbouring Indonesia and Vietnam, Roland Briene, Damen’s Asia-Pacific area director, told Jane’s on 27 September.

The strategy is centred on collaborating with local shipyards, and Briene said Damen is currently talking to two or three shipbuilding companies in the Philippines with a view to forming a partnership that would pursue naval and commercial ship construction opportunities in the country.

In the naval domain, Damen is currently focused on bidding for the Philippine Navy’s (PN’s) requirement to procure offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). (Jane's)

Off-Shore Patrol Vessel 1500

Atop the list of Propmech's global technologies is the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) 1500. This vessel has a spacious bridge, separate OPS room for surveillance, and gun control. It also features a flight deck, hangar and refuelling area for helicopter size up to Sea King or NH90. The OPV 1500's other operational capabilities includes the following : wave compensated davits (up to sea state 5) for 2x 9.0m interceptors / boarding boats (+35 kn speed); ore speed including store crane facilities; below-deck spaces - multi role or dedicated - for accomodation of survivors or embarked forces; storage of mission equipment and packaged goods; aft deck space for two containerized mission modules. Meeting room, briefing room, flight office and ship's office.
The accomodation features a fully heated and air-conditioned for 46 crew in single, double and four berth bedrooms, mess rooms, recreation area, galley laundry, gymnasium and sickbay with treatment and recovery area for 4 person.

Nautical and Communication Equipment
Radio equipment according to GMDSS rules for Area A3 incl. Satcom C and F77, UHF and HF receivers. Nautical equipment incl. integrated bridge system with X and S-band radars, ECDIS, Gyro, DGPS, Speedlog, Autopilot, Echo sounder, Navtex etc.