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Protector-class coastal patrol boat

Protector-class coastal patrol boat
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section1{{Infobox ship/image
imageUS Navy 111205-N-FV216-156 The Armed Forces of Malta counter piracy vessel protection detachment demonstrates aerial boarding procedures during Eur.jpg
image_captionMalta's patrol boats on an anti-piracy training mission in 2011
section2{{Infobox ship/class overview
nameProtector class
buildersBollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana
operatorsMaritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta
class_beforeKondor I class
built_range2002–2004
in_service_range2002–present
total_ships_completed2
total_ships_active2
section3{{Infobox ship/characteristics
typePatrol boat
displacement92 LT
length26.5 m
beam5.8 m
draft1.6 m
propulsion2 × MTU diesels
speedover 25 kn
range900 nmi
endurance5 days
complement10
sensors1 × Navigation I-Band radar
armament2 × 12.7 mm machine guns

The Protector-class coastal patrol boats are a class of coastal patrol boats of the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta. They are 87 ft patrol boats based on the Stan 2600 patrol vessel design from the Netherlands shipbuilding firm Damen Group. The Hong Kong Police were the first organization to order vessels based on this design. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has 73 patrol boats from this class, where they are known as the . Malta ordered two vessels, and they were built by Bollinger Shipyards to the USCG specifications under the US$13 Million grant from the United States provided by the United States Securities Act of 2000. They were given pennant numbers P51 and P52. In 2013, both patrol boats were upgraded with new equipment including infrared cameras and a rigid hull inflatable boat. The upgrade cost €1.7 million and was co-funded by the European Union’s External Fund.{{cite news

P51

P51 was commissioned on 18 November 2002, and it was the AFM's first vessel to be ordered brand new, as all previous ones were bought or donated after being retired from foreign naval service. P51 took part in the search and rescue operations after the Simshar tragedy in July 2008, and it recovered the dead body of Carmelo Bugeja and took the sole survivor Simon Bugeja from the fishing boat Grecale to Xatt it-Tiben in Floriana.{{cite news

  • 25 August 2009: P51 intercepted a boat with 60 distressed Eritrean immigrants |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055147/http://www.maltamediaonline.com/?p=12919 |url-status = usurped |archive-date = 2011-07-16
  • 15 September 2009: P51 intercepted a dinghy with 68 immigrants{{cite news
  • 20 August 2012: P51 and a King Air aircraft intercepted a boat with 56 men and 24 women{{cite news On 12 November 2012, the tenth anniversary of her commissioning, the Times of Malta published an article to reflect on the P51s first ten years. The article stated that:
  • 30 December 2018: P51 rescued 69 migrants from a wooden boat in distress, 117NM south west of Malta.
  • 28 March 2019: P51 took part in an operation to retake merchant ship Elhibru 1 which was overpowered by migrants refusing to go back to Libya. The operation was a success and the merchant vessel was safely escorted to Boiler Wharf, Senglea. Aboard the ship there were 108 rescued migrants which included 19 women and 12 children. 5 of the migrants were arraigned with an act of 'Piracy'.
  • 13 April 2019: P51 received 64 migrants from the Alan Kurdi NGO rescue vessel that was stranded off Maltese waters for 10 days. The P51 then disembarked the migrants at Hay Wharf base. They were permitted safe land only after the Maltese government made sure that none of them are to stay in the country but instead they are gonna be redistributed between Germany, France, Portugal and Luxembourg.
  • 11 May 2019: P51 disembarked 85 migrants at Hay Wharf after they were rescued the day before from a sinking wooden boat. This rescue came after at least 50 migrants died off the coast of Tunisia a few hours prior.

P52

Distressed illegal immigrants are transferred to ''P52'' in 2013.

P52 was commissioned two years later on 7 July 2004.{{cite news

  • 2 June 2012: P52 and a King Air aircraft intercepted a dinghy with 113 immigrants about 50 miles south of Dingli{{cite news
  • 20 July 2014: 81 migrants were transferred to P52 from the freighter which rescued them from their boat in distress{{cite news
  • 28 August 2014: 257 migrants were transferred to P52 and another patrol boat from a cargo ship which rescued them from their sinking boat{{cite news
  • 9 January 2019: 49 migrants were transferred to P52 and sister ship P51 from NGO vessels Sea-Watch 3 and Sea-Eye after they spent 19 days going back and forth into Maltese territorial waters.
  • 25 May 2019: 216 migrants were rescued by P52 and the P21 after distress calls where received from 2 rubber dinghies during the night. Both dinghies were inside Maltese territorial water.
  • 5 June 2019: On this day the Armed forces of Malta rescued a total of 370 migrants in 4 separate occasions. The final group of 99 migrants to be rescued were brought to Malta aboard the P52. This day was by far one of the busiest in recent history for the navy. Prior to this rescue P21 and P61 were also involved in the other rescue operations.
  • 23 June 2019: 37 migrants were rescued by the P52, from a boat that has been on the water for more than a day and fell under the Maltese SAR zone. An NGO claimed that some of the migrants were very close to death. All 37 males were brought safely to port.

References

References

  1. (24 October 2002). "AFM to take delivery of new Lm2.3m patrol boat".
  2. "AFM in migrant rescue operation".
  3. "Updated: 69 migrants in distress rescued by AFM patrol boat, brought to Malta - The Malta Independent".
  4. (2019-03-28). "Ship hijacked by migrants off Libya escorted to Malta".
  5. "[WATCH] Tanker overpowered by migrants who refused to go back to Libya, in Malta".
  6. "Maltese troops take control of hijacked tanker".
  7. "Update 2 {{!}} Rescued migrants from Alan Kurdi brought to Malta for resettlement".
  8. Bellamy, Daniel. (2019-04-13). "Malta allows dozens of migrants to land".
  9. "TPR : The Public's Radio : TPR".
  10. (2019-04-13). "E.U. Countries Agree to Take Migrants After Rescue Ship Standoff". [[The New York Times]].
  11. (2019-04-13). "Malta: 4 EU nations will take in 64 migrants from aid ship".
  12. Shahrigian, Shant. (2019-04-13). "Four EU nations will take in 64 migrants rescued in Mediterranean Sea".
  13. "Rescued refugees allowed to disembark in Malta, go on to Europe".
  14. (2019-05-11). "85 Migrants, Including One Baby And Six Women, Arrive In Malta After Being Found On A Wooden Boat".
  15. Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Malta rescues 85 migrants from sinking vessel {{!}} DW {{!}} 11.05.2019".
  16. "AFM saves group of migrants".
  17. "Malta allows migrants off rescue ships in 8-nation EU deal".
  18. Scicluna, Chris. (2019-01-09). "Malta disembarks migrants sparking Italy government clash". Reuters.
  19. (2019-01-09). "EU nations reach deal on stranded migrants, Malta announces". BBC News.
  20. "Watch: Migrants finally touch land, as Muscat offers a blunt explanation for stand-off".
  21. "Hundreds of migrants and refugees rescued off Malta, Italy".
  22. "Armed Forces of Malta rescue 216 migrants - The Malta Independent".
  23. "More than 200 migrants rescued by AFM in two separate missions".
  24. "More than 370 migrants rescued by AFM, in busiest day of arrivals in recent years".
  25. "UPDATED (2): Total of 370 immigrants landed in three voyages - TVM News".
  26. "Rescued migrants arrive in Malta".
  27. "UPDATED: 37 migrants brought to Malta - landed at Hay Wharf - TVM News".
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