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The Ilocos Norte-class patrol boat is a series of four vessels in active service of the Philippine Coast Guard. Their hull number prefix "SARV" means they are classified as "search and rescue vessels".
BRP Romblon (SARV-3503) | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Tenix Shipbuilding, Australia |
Operators | Philippine Coast Guard |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol Boat (WPB) |
Displacement | 120 tons |
Length | 36.2 metres (119 ft) |
Beam | 6.7 metres (22 ft) |
Draught | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 x 35008D Caterpillar engines rated at 1044KW at 1800RPM, 2 shafts, 1 waterjet, fixed pitch propellers |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 4 Officers + 16 Ratings |
Sensors and processing systems | Furuno navigational radar |
Armament | 4 x M2 Browning[1] |
The Ilocos Norte class is a 35-metre (115 ft), all-aluminium patrol boat designed by Tenix Shipbuilding in Australia, based on the company's Pacific-class patrol boat.[2] Four vessels were delivered to the Philippine Coast Guard in December 2001.[2] An option for a follow on order of ten more ships was offered by Tenix, but not used by the Philippine Coast Guard.[2]
Tenix reused the Ilocos Norte design in 2008 for the New South Wales Police Force patrol vessel Nemesis; the largest police-operated patrol boat in the Southern Hermisphere.[3]
On December 24, 2009, BRP Nueva Vizcaya (SARV 3502), along with BRP Pampanga (SARV 003)and MT Tug Habaga (TB-271), was deployed to Cavite to conduct search and rescue operations when MV 'Catalyn B, a wooden hull motorized vessel collided with the fishing vessel FV Anatalia and sank 2.8 nautical miles (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) northwest of Limbones Island at 2:25 a.m. Thursday.[4]
On April 8, 2013, BRP Romblon (SARV 3503) was deployed when a Chinese fishing vessel ran aground in Tubbataha Reef.[5] Romblon assisted with removing the ship's cargo and fuel.[6]
Hull number | Name | Builder | Commissioned | Status |
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SARV-3501 | BRP Ilocos Norte | Tenix Shipbuilding | May 2003 | Active |
SARV-3502 | BRP Nueva Vizcaya | 2003 | Active | |
SARV-3503 | BRP Romblon | November 2003 | Active | |
SARV-3504 | BRP Davao del Norte | February 12, 2004 | Active |
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