Malta purchases its second offshore patrol vessel

[Kailash Kumar]

Malta purchases its second offshore patrol vessel

21 JANUARY 2019

The Maltese MoD has signed a €35 million contract with Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria for the building of a second offshore patrol vessel named P71.

OPV P71

This new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) is expected to complement the P61 (Diciotti-class patrol vessel) and a former Irish Navy OPV. Its construction is scheduled to start in 2019 with delivery expected for late 2020.

This new OPV has to be more endurant, to have a better sea keeping and to be able to provide better living conditions to its crew. And all of that, at lower maintenance costs than the previous OPVs Malta has acquired.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/ind...chases-its-second-offshore-patrol-vessel.html

 

[Tshering22]

Malta purchases its second offshore patrol vessel

21 JANUARY 2019

The Maltese MoD has signed a €35 million contract with Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria for the building of a second offshore patrol vessel named P71.

OPV P71

This new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) is expected to complement the P61 (Diciotti-class patrol vessel) and a former Irish Navy OPV. Its construction is scheduled to start in 2019 with delivery expected for late 2020.

This new OPV has to be more endurant, to have a better sea keeping and to be able to provide better living conditions to its crew. And all of that, at lower maintenance costs than the previous OPVs Malta has acquired.

https://www.navyrecognition.com/ind...chases-its-second-offshore-patrol-vessel.html

Never knew that Malta had its own military. Any military for that matter. Woah!