Welcome to the future of coastal patrol vessels

The Portuguese Navy has developed a new disruptive concept of coastal patrol ships, a one-of-a-kind design, challenging the multiple threats that our borders face, that will change the landscape on the capacity of patrolling our waters, and has signed a contract with Vera Navis | Ship Design (VNSD) for the basic and detailed design development of this new series of ships.

The Portuguese Navy and VNSD are engaged in the joint development of this solution, working side-by-side to develop such an innovative special ship. VNSD is responsible for the consolidation of concept design, basic and detailed design package, namely naval architecture, marine engineering, procurement, and production engineering, being the Portuguese Navy responsible for the design related with sensors, weapons, communications, command & control, and its integration into VNSD design development.

The design team also includes the participation of MAURIC and Stadt Towing Tank As, strengthening the design solution.

Although most of the ship details will not be disclosed to the public, here follows an image on the exterior of the ship.