Zitat:Singapore Orders Four Fassmer Offshore Patrol Vessels

The four Offshore Patrol Vessels will begin deliveries in 2028, replacing the Republic of Singapore Navy’s four Sentinel-class Maritime Security Response Vessels. [...]

Singapore’s Ministry of Defense announced on 20 November that it had signed a contract with Germany’s Fr. Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG to acquire four new Offshore Patrol Vessels. [...]

According to the ministry, the Offshore Patrol Vessels will be based on Fassmer’s OPV 80 design as used by the German Bundespolizei (Federal Police) for its Potsdam class of offshore patrol vessels. They will be designed with “high manoeuvrability to operate in Singapore’s congested waters, and equipped with a suite of lethal and less-lethal capabilities to provide flexibility and calibrated response against a wide spectrum of maritime threats.”

Naval News learned during IMDEX Asia 2023 that three firms were competing: Fassmer, Luerssen and ST Engineering with a domestic OPV design. Contacted by Naval News, Fassmer declined to comment this contract award.