Offshore Patrol Vessel Archives

Final next generation patrol ship heads for her new home in Portsmouth

Maritime October 30, 2020

HMS Spey, the fifth and final River Class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), departed BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow earlier this week on her delivery voyage to her new home of Portsmouth Naval Base. The departure of HMS Spey marks the completion of the Batch 2 OPV programme build phase, ...

HMS Forth makes inaugural visit to Edinburgh to support the Royal Navy Military Tattoo

Maritime August 30, 2019

The HMS Forth visited the river that shares its name for a nine-day visit during the Edinburgh Military Tattoo to support the Royal Navy. The HMS Forth will spend nine days on the Forth during this year’s Royal Navy Edinburgh Military Tattoo to reinforce local ties and accept visitors on board. ...

L3 secure Australian Offshore Patrol Vessel contract

Maritime April 24, 2018

L3 Technologies has won an award to help deliver the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) SEA 1180 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV). Prime contractor Luerssen Australia selected L3 Communications Australia to supply integrated communications, bridge, navigation and management systems across all 12 OPV platforms. “L3’s work on the OPV design and construction phase will ...

Babcock floats-up fourth Irish offshore patrol vessel

Maritime April 10, 2018

Babcock has marked a key milestone in the build programme for the delivery of a fourth Offshore Patrol Vessel for the Irish Naval Service as it successfully floated the 90 metre vessel currently under construction at its Appledore facility, North Devon. The ship when completed will be formally named and commissioned ...