The Irish Navy took delivery of its fourth and final offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Samuel Beckett class during a naming and commissioning ceremony held in Waterford, Ireland, on May 1 in the presence of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Defense Paul Kehoe.Commissioning and handover of LE George Bernard Shaw brings to a close one phase – the patrol vessel element – of … Irving Shipbuilding has started the construction for the fourth Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS William Hall (AOPV 433), during a ceremony at Halifax on May 3. An Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) for the Indian Coast Guard has been launched and re-christened as Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Sarthak’. It is understood that the yards on the Clyde will now build 18 vessels of varying types, instead of the originally promised 13. The HMS Tamar is an offshore patrol vessel of the Batch 2 River-class designed for the Royal British Navy. The vessel is fourth in the series of seven Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) being designed and constructed by L&T for a contract from the Ministry of Defence awarded in March 2015. A first block is already assembled while official delivery of the vessel is expected for March 2020. The ship was floated up within the main build hall and […] Preparatory work has started on the fourth of five new Offshore Patrol Vessels being built on the Clyde. For the Royal Navy (RN), a total of nine were built, of which four were Batch 1 and five were Batch 2. The Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel range has been specifically developed for navies and coastguards for a wide variety of tasks in regions where there is a low-level of threat. In Apr-2018, L&T set a new benchmark in the history of Indian defence shipbuilding by delivering the ‘First of Class’ OPV named ICGS Vikram ahead of schedule. The fifth and last ship, HMS Spey, which was christened in October 2019, is nearing the end of construction in Scotland. Australian shipbuilder Civmec has begun construction on the fourth Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) slated for the Royal Australian Navy. These vessels are optimised to fulfil duties including military security, safety and humanitarian tasks. Flexible mission modules and modular manning concepts make almost any role possible. The River class is a class of offshore patrol vessels designed mainly for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The first steel has been cut on the fourth of five new Offshore Patrol Vessels being built on the Clyde. The vessel and nine other sisters will be jointly built by Lürssen Australia and Civmec at the latter’s facilities in Henderson, Western Australia. After earlier reports that work on hull four was due to begin in November, we reached out to BAE who confirmed that “preparatory” work had started on the fourth River class vessel. 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