French shipbuilding firm Ocea has designed and sold fast patrol boat it calls the Ocea FPB 72.As of June 2018[update] it has delivered FPB 72 vessels to Surinam, Nigeria and the Philippines.
The vessels are 24 metres (79 ft) long, have a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h). They can be armed with machine guns, or an autocannon.
Seven Ocea FPB 72 vessels were delivered to the Nigerian Navy.The NNS Okpoku (P175), NNS Bomadi (P176), and NNS Badagry (P177) were delivered in 2013The NNS Shiroro (P185) and NNS Ose (P186) were delivered in 2017The NNS Gongola (P189) and NNS Calabar (P190) were delivered in 2018
On September 9, 2014, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) through the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the French Shipbuilder OCEA entered an agreement to supply the latter with 4 24m FPB-72 Patrol Boats and 1 82m OPV-270 Offshore Patrol Vessel provided by a loan granted by the French Government.
The FPB-72 Patrol Boats is designated as Boracay-class patrol vessel in the Philippine Coast Guard Service.
The First of the four FPB-72, BRP Boracay (FPB-2401) arrived at the Alava Pier in Subic , Philippines on August 8, 2018 while the second boat, BRP Panglao (FPB-2402) arrived on September 3, 2018. Both BRP Boracay and BRP Panglao will be commissioned together during the PCG anniversary celebration on October 17,2018.
BRP Malamawi (FPB-2403),the third boat out of four, was launched in July 2018 and is expected to be delivered by November 2018. The fourth and last FPB-72 Patrol Boat for the Philippine Coast Guard, BRP Kalanggaman (FPB-2404) was launched last August 13, 2018 and is expected to be delivered by January 2019.
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