ABEKING & RASMUSSEN
in January 2008, with delivery Inter Isle Shipyard Chaguaramas.
scheduled for May 2009. The two vessels, ex-Tammany
Under a separate but associated and ex-Andrew, were acquired on
Interim Facility contract, VT the commercial market having
Shipbuilding International previously been used for oilfi eld
received a TTD132 million support in the Gulf of Mexico, and
(US$21.72 million) contract to delivered in July 2007. Each has
provide two vessels for the Trinidad been modifi ed to carry two 20mm
and Tobago Coast Guard to meet guns, two 0.5 calibre machine guns
demands for additional maritime and a VT Halmatic Pacifi c 24 rigid
capacity prior to the delivery of the infl atable boat.
fi rst OPV. Although procured as an
TTS Gaspar Grande (CG21) interim solution, it is expected that
and TTS Chacachacare (CG22) Gaspar Grande and Chacachacare
were both commissioned at will remain in service after the
Staubles Bay, Trinidad, on 23 delivery of the last of the three
April following conversion at the OPVs in 2010. WT
P

TNER.
A & R – The red dot at sea.
www.abeking.com Offshore Technologies
communication
© composé
Trinidad & Tobago’s new 30m patrol craft will be based on a generic
Austal design
Warship Technology July/August 2008 19
WTJul-Aug08_p18+19+20+21+22+23.indd Sec2:19 7/22/08 7:12:08 PM
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40