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The Arafura class is a class of offshore patrol vessels being built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Initially proposed in the 2009 Defence White Paper and marked as procurement project SEA 1180, it was originally planned that 20 Offshore Combatant Vessels (OCV) would replace 26 vessels across four separate ship classes: the Armidale-class patrol boats, the Huon-class minehunters, the ...
Small flight deck; light UAV capability to be integrated under Project Sea 129 [7] NUSHIP Arafura (OPV 203), [ 8 ] named to represent Australia's interests in the Arafura Sea , is the lead ship of the Arafura -class offshore patrol vessels currently under construction for the Royal Australian Navy .
NUSHIP Eyre (OPV 204), [8] is the second ship of the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels currently under construction for the Royal Australian Navy. The ship is based on the Lürssen OPV80 design, and is being constructed by ASC Pty Ltd at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Osborne, South Australia .
The company's US$3.6B [16] contract stipulated the design and construction of 12 offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Australian Navy. As of October 2018, the projected competition date is 2029–2030. [17] Construction of the first two patrol boat began on 15 November 2018.
Sea boat deployment and recovery in sea state 4 (seas moderate, waves 1.25 - 2.5m) Helicopter launch and recovery in sea state 5 (seas rough, waves 2.5 - 4m) Vertrep in sea state 6 (seas very rough, waves 4 - 6m) Ability to patrol in sea state 6 and survive in sea state 9 (seas phenomenal, waves over 14m)
Medway during sea trials in 2018. On 6 November 2013 it was announced that the British Government had signed an Agreement in Principle to build three new offshore patrol vessels, based on the River-class design, at a fixed price of £348 million including spares and support for the Royal Navy. [35]
Ships of the class initially were designed with a length of 90 m (300 ft) and a beam of 13.5 m (44 ft) for the first ship, [2] and a length of 60 m (200 ft) for the second ship. [3] However, during the construction both of them were redesigned to a length of 98 m (322 ft) and a beam of 13.5 m (44 ft).
This is a list of patrol vessels of the United States Navy. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P]. Ships in the inactive category include only ships in the inactive reserve, ships which have been disposed from US service have no listed status.