Kenyan OPV launched.

[Homo Sapiens]

Kenyan OPV launched
Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
16 May 2017

MV Doria was launched in Bangladesh on 4 May. (Western Marine Shipyard)

Bangladesh's Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) announced on 15 May that it launched an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered for Kenya's Ministry of Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture on 4 May.

MV Doria was designed by South African's Icarus Marine and ordered from Denmark's JGH Marine, which contracted WMS to build it. Its hull was laid in August 2014 and WMS said it is expected to be delivered in July.
http://www.janes.com/article/70433/kenyan-opv-launched

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[Bilal9]

Kenyan OPV launched
Jeremy Binnie, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
16 May 2017

MV Doria was launched in Bangladesh on 4 May. (Western Marine Shipyard)

Bangladesh's Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) announced on 15 May that it launched an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered for Kenya's Ministry of Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture on 4 May.

MV Doria was designed by South African's Icarus Marine and ordered from Denmark's JGH Marine, which contracted WMS to build it. Its hull was laid in August 2014 and WMS said it is expected to be delivered in July.
http://www.janes.com/article/70433/kenyan-opv-launched

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This is a first in Bangladesh where waterjet drives were used in high speed Naval build.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Congrats to Kenya... hope they buy more in future.

 

[damiendehorn]

Bangladeshi shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) has launched the offshore patrol vessel MV Doria for Kenya's Ministry of Fisheries, Livestock and Agriculture.

Western Marine Shipyard earlier this week said the launch took place on 4 May at Karnaphuli River, Chittagong. The ceremony was attended by officials from Bangladesh’s shipbuilding sector, the Bangladeshi Navy and Kenyan and Danish government officials.

Kenya ordered the vessel on 23 January 2014 from Denmark’s JGH Marine, which contracted WMS to build it. Design was undertaken by South Africa’s Icarus Marine. Kenyan media report the contract as being worth Sh3.5 billion ($33 million).

MV Doria’s keel was laid in August 2014, and the hull completed in December 2015. Delivery to Kenya is scheduled for July 2017 when it will be used to secure the East African country’s maritime resources and undertake humanitarian assistance missions.

According to WMS, the vessel is 54.7 metres long, and displaces 350 tons empty. Cruising speed is 20-25 knots and top speed is 35 knots with a range 1 500 nautical miles and fuel consumption of 3.6 tons a day. The vessel has 12 crew and can take 60 passengers. A helicopter deck on the back of the vessel can accommodate a five ton helicopter.

The vessel is powered by three MTU engines driving two propellers and a waterjet. The propeller engines produce 4 000 kW of power and the waterjet engine 2 720 kW.

Managing Director of Western Marine Shipyard Md Sakhawat Hossain said the country has exported 25 ships. MV Doria is its first offshore patrol vessel.

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.p...ffshore-patrol-vessel&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106

 

[bluesky]

A helicopter deck on the back of the vessel can accommodate a five ton helicopter.

It is good to know about the inclusion of this deck for 5 ton helicopter.

 

[Bilal9]

It is good to know about the inclusion of this deck for 5 ton helicopter.