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Home» News»Malta orders additional offshore patrol vessel
On Wednesday 16th January 2019, the Armed Forces of Malta have signed a US$40 million contract for an additional Offshore Patrol Vessel, which will be named P71. The project of asecond and more capable OPV was launched in 2015, and has since then started to take shape.
Malta's future P71 OPV (Credit: Armed Forces of Malta)

Malta orders additional offshore patrol vessel

Naval News Staff 21 Jan 2019

On Wednesday 16th January 2019, the Armed Forces of Malta have signed a US$40 million contract for an additional Offshore Patrol Vessel, which will be named P71. The project of a second and more capable OPV was launched in 2015, and has since then started to take shape.

The contract was awarded to Cantiere Navale Vittoria on the 10th of October 2018. Construction is planned to begin in the first Quarter of 2019 and delivery of the OPV is planned for the second half of 2020.

In a speech by the Commander of the Armed Forces of Malta, Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi stated that: 

“The response of the shipbuilding industry was overwhelming.This Offshore Patrol Vessel had to have more endurance, better sea keeping and provide better living conditions for our crews. Furthermore, we wanted this new Offshore Patrol Vessel to have improved life-cycle costs in order to ensure that its operations could be sustained in an efficient and effective manner along the years, including better fuel consumption and maintenance costs”.

The Commander of the Armed Forces of Malta highlighted the commitment of all the team involved in this project, together with the assistance of the Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security, the Ministry for Finance, the Ministry for European Affairs and Equality, the Department of Contracts, and the Funds and Programme Division.

The ceremony ended with the signing of the contract by Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi, Commander AFM, and Mr. Luigi Duo, the President of Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA.

The characteristics of the vessel are as follows:

Length Overall – 74.8m
Moulded breadth – 13m
Speed – More than 20 Knots
Displacement – 1800 t
Draught – 3.8m
Classification Society – ABS
Propulsion – 2 x 5440 kW Hybrid with PTI
Propellers – 2 x CPP

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