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Patrol boats: PB-338 [33] PB-339 [34] Former US Navy Swift Mk.3 fast patrol crafts. Some units were transferred to Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). [35] PB-353 physically restored and converted to museum display at the re-launched Philippine Navy Museum. 4: Type 966Y China: Patrol boats: PB-356 PB-357 PB-358 PB-359
Boat terminologies were used for ranks, place names, and even personal names, even in island interiors. [16] [25] Among the Sama-Bajau people of the southern Philippines, various types of bangka like the djenging and the lepa served as houseboats of nuclear families and often sail together in clan flotillas. [27]
"Research Guides: Philippines: Philippine Boats & Navigation". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017
Condor Scout Boats Philippines: Riverine squad assault boat: Standard: 35: 12 units acquired under Project Condor, [98] 13 units under Project Condor-2, [99] and 10 units under Project Condor-3. [100] 23 feet long and has a maximum speed of 39 knots, and can carry 2 crewmembers and 6 fully armed troops. Condor Support Boats Philippines ...
The SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation, commonly known as SuperCat, is a brand and part of Chelsea Logistics & Infrastructure Holdings Corp. that operates a fleet of high-speed catamarans (HSC) in the Philippines. SuperCat was previously the sister company of SuperFerry, Cebu Ferries and 2GO Travel.
The Hybrid Trimaran Project, known fully as the "Hybrid Trimaran Fast Craft Passenger Cargo Vessel using Multi-Engine and Alternative Energy Source from Ocean Waves", [1] was a concept by Filipino engineer Jonathan Salvador of Metallica Consultancy [2] [3] and is intended to come up with a design for a ship which has a "modern design, environment-friendly, safe and unsinkable". [4]
Three of these ships – HMS Peacock (P239), HMS Plover (P240), and HMS Starling (P241) – were sold to the Philippines as a sign of goodwill, and were officially turned over to the Philippine Navy on 1 August 1997 when sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
The ships are named after heroines of the Philippines, with the lead ship, the future BRP Teresa Magbanua being a heroine of the resistance movements against the Spanish, American, and Japanese occupying forces. Teresa Magbanua-class patrol vessels are officially classified as Multi-role Response Vessels (MRRV). [7]