Feature 3 | COAST GUARD AND PATROL CRAFT
for six MAG 7.62 machineguns and two and operations room will be open reels. Damage control and fi refi ghting
water cannons. to each other, although a ballistic will be coordinated from a console on
Thales Nederland is Design Authority bulkhead partition can be closed up the left side of the operations control
for the integrated mast, and will take if necessary. bridge so as to ensure eff ective liaison
full responsibility for integrating all Imtech Marine and Offshore has with the command.
sensor and communication systems been selected, following competition, to The Patrol Ship will comply with
into the mast (it is subcontracting supply both the Integrated Bridge System MARPOL regulations under DNV
the design and fabrication of the steel and Platform Management System to the certifi cation. A ballast water treatment
structure to the naval dockyard facility PS programme. installation will reduce living organisms
at Den Helder, with the structure to Th e lean manned nature of the ship to D2-level, while black and grey
be outfitted and populated at Thales’ demands new ways of working. For water will be treated in a membrane
Hengelo site). It has also developed example, the Patrol Ship will have a biological reactor.
a new multi-spectral suite of sensor one-man bridge, and an unmanned Putting endurance and seakeeping
systems matched both to the integrated machinery control room. Instead, the ahead of speed, the Patrol Ship will
mast concept and the emergent littoral watchkeeper will be mobile, using a PDA instead use its NH90 helicopter and
surveillance requirement. for alerts. Critical safety alarms will be embarked rigid hull inflatable boats
Another key discriminator of the PS sent direct to the navigation bridge and (RHIBs) to intercept and prosecute
design is its low manning philosophy, the watchkeeper’s PDA. targets at range. Th e helicopter is able to
and consequent wholesale adoption A reduced complement also demands identify and track targets signifi cantly
of advanced platform automation. a new approach to damage control and beyond the shipborne sensor horizon,
The standard ship complement will fi re fi ghting. In case of fi re, sensors fi tted while the high-speed RHIB can be used
number just 50, augmented by up to in all compartments throughout the ship for boarding operations.
40 non-permanent staff (such as the will automatically activate a 100bar water A hangar and fl ight deck area aft will
helicopter fl ight or special forces). All mist system (a fi re onboard is confi rmed enable the PS to operate and support a single
ship operations (including navigation, when two diff erent sensors, for instance NH90 helicopter. Th e staff requirement calls
control and monitoring of platform fi re and smoke, are triggered). for helicopter operations to be sustained in
systems, and SEWACO functions) will Measures have also been taken to conditions up to Sea State 5, day and night.
be controlled from a single Operations reduce the size of firefighting parties Air engineering facilities in the hangar
Control Bridge on the bridge deck. by replacing conventional firefighting will provide for level 2 maintenance. A
Under normal conditions, the bridge equipment by new ‘ready to use’ hose helicopter deck handling system will
be fi tted.
Two 12m RHIBs will be embarked.
One is launched and recovered via a
stern slipway, the other from a boat davit
on the port side.
Provision has been made in the design
to accommodate additional payloads,
including stowage for two 20ft containers
or pallets in a multifunction space
beneath the fl ight deck. A 10tonne crane
is fi tted on the starboard side for cargo
handling, with payloads being lowered
onto the cargo deck through a hatch in
the fl ight deck. As an alternative, the PS
could accommodate up to 100 evacuees
for a 72-hour period WT
A hangar and flight deck area aft will
enable the Patrol Ship to operate and
support a single NH90 helicopter. Two
12 m RHIBs will be embarked, one
launched and recovered via a stern
slipway, the other from a boat davit on
the port side. (photo: Thales)
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