Sea Trials In U.K. Near End For New Patrol Vessel
May 10 2010
The first of three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) constructed for the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard is in the midst of final trials near Portsmouth in the U.K., reports BAE Systems, which built the ship.
The trials are scheduled to conclude before the Port of Spain OPV is handed over later this month.
The Trinidadian government ordered three 300-ft (90-m) offshore patrol vessels in 2007 for economic exclusion zone (EEZ) operations, including counter-drug-trafficking and...
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