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well, the I-mast also has an radar (seawatcher) that was developed to detect periscopes but can find the heads of swimmers in the sea. it also does helicopter guidance. the camera system gatekeeper replaces watchkeepers on the bridge wings and gives a 360 degree surveillance around the ship, both infrared and normal. the ICAS system centers all the antenna's normally found on a ships superstructure into one unit. the seamaster radar does surface and air surveillance and is able to do some fire control.

if you still think you'd best leave the mast of, I would recommend looking at the other damen OPV vessels, having about the same hull shape and propulsion but not build around the functionality of the I-mast 400. (as much as I like that drawing being used )

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hasn't I-Mast also got ESM that are useful to locate electronic transmissions like radio/radar/beacons ?mobile phones?

Portugal supplied 2 vano de castelo class offshore patrol vessels to the new Coastguard service both vessels were replaced by the EU rated as medium endurance cutters.



Damen Schelde built 4 7511 High Endurance Patrol Cutters, Sponsored by the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

Nice idea. However, I think that in 2015 is too late to start thinking an EU Coast Guard. Concerning EU bureaucracy and slow response to everything, first ships in real world will not deployed until 2018. The EUCG should have been already deployed in Med.

Yea, I adjoin, with Stealth OPV and idea to support refugees mission. not comfortable but safety, check all peoples before walk in to protect the terrorist

EU Offshore Patrol Vessel : Meko A200 SAR



General specifications:
Length Overall : 121 m
Beam Overall : 16.5 m
Full Load Displacement : 3670 tonnes
Propulsion: Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement
4 × MTU 20V 8000 M90, each rated at 9,100 kW (12,200 shp)
Total output: 36,400 kW (48,800 shp)
Maximum Speed : 26 knots
Range at 16 knots : 8000 nautical miles

Sensors:
1x Sea Giraffe AMB Multirole Surveillance Radar
2 x Kelvin Hughes SharpEye X-band Radars
1 x Saab EOS-500 Electro-Optical Fire Control Director
1 x Elbit Systems Electro-Optics DCoMPASS
1 x ESM ITT ES-360
3 x Satcoms
- UHF antennas
- Link11
- Link16

Armament:
1 x Oto Melara 76/62 mm compact gun (rebuilt)
1 x BAE Mk 38 Mod 2 remote machine gun
4 x M2HB machine guns (rebuilt)
many x FN Minimi 5.56 mm machine guns (Navy Seal)
3 x Life Boats or RHIBs
2 x 1.5tons Crane
1 x 10 tons Helicopter Deck (AW-149 SAR Helicopter)
1 x 10 tons Helicopter Hangar
2 x Terma DL-12T 12 tubes missile decoys
2 x Multimission containers

Support
-200 to 250 peoples or 160 solders with military equipment
-28 navy seals with military equipment
-16 doctor and nurse with functional hospital equipment
-2 x Medical rooms with 12 sickbeds (no operation room)



Offshore Patrol Escort Vessel

This vessel can arms 8xNSM Missiles and 2xDual Mount Stinger (DMS) or Simbad launcher(for mistral missile) if required, easy-to-install and easy-to-use.

Very nice I like all the effort to show modifications/people inside it.

nice one superboy

The Migrant crisis also extended on to the Atlantic coast of Africa with the Spanish and Portuguese having Islands in those areas the Portuguese lobbied for and got the EU coastguard area of responsibility increased. To police this area the Coastguard purchased a variant of the spannish BAM patrol vessel. Being fitted for I-mast to improve sensor fits.

I can't help but think that you're all approaching this completely wrong. According to the Italian navy patrolling near the northafrican coast has led to more people taking the trip in ever shittier boats. In fact it's common knowledge that the smugglers rely on the Italian navy to pick them up. Seems to me that the best option would be to step up patrol closer to home and dedicate a couple of landing crafts or ferries or whatever to shipping them back.

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Some interesting looking OPVs here.
I'm not the political notions behind the AU stack up, but really who cares when that's the inspiration for some good vessels. Makes a change to see something different too.

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