Cormoran design

The Cormoran patrol craft is a private-venture design developed for export. A prototype was launched in October 1985 and completed in 1986. The Philippine craft are the first of the design to be equipped with missiles and are the first Philippine Navy ships to be missile-armed.

The flush-deck hull has a clipper bow, modest sheer, a rubbing strake running approx half-way aft along the hull, and a transom stern. The final hull form is the result of Computer- Aided Design (CAD),...