Damen 3307
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The Damen Group has designed and sold the Damen Stan 3307 patrol vessel -- part of its family of Damen Stan patrol vessels of different sizes.
Design
The vessels employ an axe-bow, a new design that Damen claims improves seakeeping.[1] The bow's leading edge is vertical, where most ships have a diagonal leading edge. The diagonal leading edge causes the bow to have more buoyancy when struck by a big wave, which increases the vessel's tendency to pitch and yaw.[2] The model 3307 is 33 m (108.27 ft) and 7 m (22.97 ft) wide.
The patrol vessel design is based on an earlier fast crew delivery vessel, commonly employed servicing offshore oil platforms.
Operators
| image | operator | first delivery |
number ordered |
notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland Integrated Offshore Services | 6 |
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| South African Navy | 3 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 South African Navy Orders Three Inshore Patrol Vessels From Damen Shipyards, Defense World, 2018-02-27. Retrieved on 2018-06-14. “The IPVs will be the first vessels of a Damen Sea Axe design to operate in South Africa. The Sea Axe is a revolutionary, Damen patented hull design, which offers exceptional seakeeping behavior.”
- ↑ Nigeria’s Homeland orders sixth Damen 3307 Patrol vessel, Defence Web, 2018-06-07. Retrieved on 2018-06-14. “The Damen 3307 Patrol Vessel is based on Damen’s proven Fast Crew Suppler (FCS) 3307. The FCS 3307 class features the pioneering Sea Axe bow that gives the vessel improved seakeeping behaviour, even in challenging conditions, by cutting through waves rather than going over them.”
- ↑ Fourth Damen 3307 Patrol Vessel delivered to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services, Defesa Net, 2018-01-12. Retrieved on 2018-06-14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Additional FCS 3307 Patrol vessel ordered by Homeland, Damen Group, 2017-03-17. Retrieved on 2018-06-14. “18 bunks will be fitted for crew and security personnel, who can remain on board for up to four weeks. The wheelhouse is bullet-proof and additional equipment includes 15 seats for crew transfers, thermal imaging, a diesel powered SOLAS Fast Rescue Craft and an additional fuel separator to protect the engines and generators from contaminated fuel.”
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fourth Damen 3307 Patrol Vessel delivered to Homeland Integrated Offshore Services, Defesa Net, 2018-01-18. Retrieved on 2018-06-14.