BWB Hands Over Advanced Patrol Boat ‘KBV 315’

Baltic Workboats AS (BWB) has delivered patrol boat ‘KBV 315’, the third of five, to the Swedish Coast Guard.

The boats are very advanced, versatile coastguard vessels, used primarily for maritime surveillance, border and fisheries control, environmental protection, fire-fighting and rescue and civil protection and diving operations.

KBV 315 is equipped with full ECDIS with radar overlay and 27” LCD screens on workstations. All navigation equipment is doubled and fully integrated in Conning system. All alarm and monitoring, alarm acknowledgement and electrical system is handled through the Integrated Alarm, Monitoring and Control System (IAMCS) display.

The KBV 315 is able to accommodate 5 crew members. High accommodation standard with single bed cabins and toilets is ensured. The HVAC system of the vessel was designed to according to DNV COMF-C(3) requirements and it features full air conditioning, overpressure ventilation system with waste heat recovery and carbon filter for work in contaminated air.

The KBV 315 deck equipment includes a 5.5m RIB boat, crane for lifting the RIB and other equipment, a rescue net, diving equipment as well as a FLIR camera for patrol and rescue operations.

Vessel Specifications

Length Overall – 26,5 m

Length Waterline – 23 m

Beam – 6,2 m

Draft – 1,5 m

Fuel – 5000 liters

Engine – 3 x Volvo-Penta IPS 1050 (total 1764 kW)

Speed –32 knots

Bow thruster 22kW

Classification: + 100A1 SSC Patrol Mono HSC G3 MCH UMS

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, May 17, 2013