 BRPRomblon (SARV-3503) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Tenix Shipbuilding, Australia |
| Operators | Philippine Coast Guard |
| Completed | 4 |
| Active | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol Boat (WPB) |
| Displacement | 120 tons |
| Length | 36.2 metres (119 ft) |
| Beam | 6.7 metres (22 ft) |
| Draught | 3.9 metres (13 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 35008D Caterpillar engines rated at 1044KW at 1800RPM, 2 shafts, 1 waterjet, fixed pitch propellers |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 4 Officers + 16 Ratings |
| Sensors and processing systems | Furuno navigational radar |
| Armament | 4 xM2 Browning[1] |
TheIlocos Norte-class patrol boat is a series of four vessels in active service of thePhilippine Coast Guard. Their hull number prefix "SARV" means they are classified as "search and rescue vessels". Currently Non operational.[2][3]
TheIlocos Norte class is a 35-metre (115 ft), all-aluminium patrol boat designed byTenix Shipbuilding in Australia, based on the company'sPacific-class patrol boat.[4] Four vessels were delivered to the Philippine Coast Guard in December 2001.[4] An option for a follow on order of ten more ships was offered by Tenix, but not used by the Philippine Coast Guard.[4]
Tenix reused theIlocos Norte design in 2008 for theNew South Wales Police Force patrol vesselNemesis; the largest police-operated patrol boat in the Southern Hermisphere.[5]
On December 24, 2009, BRPNueva Vizcaya (SARV 3502), along with BRPPampanga (SARV 003)and MT TugHabaga (TB-271), was deployed toCavite to conduct search and rescue operations when MV 'Catalyn B, a wooden hull motorized vessel collided with the fishing vessel FVAnatalia and sank 2.8 nautical miles (5.2 km; 3.2 mi) northwest of Limbones Island at 2:25 a.m. Thursday.[6]
On April 8, 2013, BRPRomblon (SARV 3503) was deployed when a Chinese fishing vessel ran aground inTubbataha Reef.[7]Romblon assisted with removing the ship's cargo and fuel.[8]
Publicly available Automated Identification System (AIS) tracking data shows that only one of the vessels, BRP Romblon, has left its home port in the year 2024.
| Hull number | Name | Builder | Commissioned | Status |
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| SARV-3501 | BRPIlocos Norte | Tenix Shipbuilding | May 2003 | Active |
| SARV-3502 | BRPNueva Vizcaya | 2003 | Active | |
| SARV-3503 | BRPRomblon | November 2003 | Active | |
| SARV-3504 | BRPDavao del Norte | February 12, 2004 | Active |
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