Del Pilar Offshore Patrol Vessels Upgrade
Gregorio Del Pilar Class is ex-Hamilton Cutters of the US Coast Guard
with 3 ships acquired through the years and with various upgrades
planned and complete
Offshore Patrol Vessels Acquisition Project
OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel as names implies is a Patrol boat categories and classified as inshore patrol vessels (IPVs) and offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). They are warships typically smaller in size than a corvette and can include fast attack craft , torpedo boats and missile boats , although some are as large as a frigate . The offshore patrol vessels are usually the smallest ship in a navy’s fleet that is large and seaworthy enough to patrol off-shore in the open ocean. Philippine Navy has many smaller IPV like Kagitingan class, Tomas Batillo, and smaller Andrada Class but none was offshore capable vessels except the Malvar and Jacinto classify as corvette. Most of Malvar class will be retire by 2020 on wards and on PN Force Desired Mix called for 18 OPV both used and brand new. And the recently approved Horizon 2 budget it include 6 OPV with an Approved Budget for Contract (ABC) of Php30 billion, which was approved in-principle by Pres. Duterte in early June
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