P71 is an offshore patrol vessel of the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta. The ship, which is the Maritime Squadron's largest ever vessel and the lead ship of the OPV748 class, was constructed by the Italian Cantiere Navale Vittoria [it]. It was launched in February 2021 and completed in November 2022.

Designed and built under surveillance of the US naval registry ABS, the P71 is equipped with a 25mm remotely controlled weapon and light machine guns of varying caliber while the integrated command, control and navigation system includes a 2D surveillance radar, navigation radars and satellite communications.

Nov 8, 2022 · The 74.8 metre-long offshore patrol vessel – the P71 – was designed and built by the Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA in Italy and cost around €48.6 million. It was co-financed through the EU’s...

Nov 7, 2022 · Designed and built under the surveillance of the US naval registry ABS, the P71 is equipped with a 25mm remotely controlled weapon and light machine guns of varying caliber while the integrated command, control and navigation system includes a 2D surveillance radar, a navigation radar and satellite communications.

3rd Regiment of the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) is a combat support regiment tasked with providing direct support to AFM Units through the deployment of well-trained soldier. The Regimental Headquarters is based at Safi Barracks in Hal Safi and is under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Matthew John Camilleri,

Mar 24, 2023 · At the AFM naval base in Floriana, Valletta, the official delivery ceremony was held for the largest patrol vessel ever built by Cantiere Navale Vittoria. The 75-m unit, built in Italy, will be...

Aug 3, 2022 · An offshore patrol vessel commissioned by the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM), the P71, is two years past its deadline and €13.9 million over its original budget, The Shift has learned. The P71, a 75m vessel designed by Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA in Italy, cost taxpayers a total of €48.6 million, according to Government Gazette records.

Mar 2, 2021 · The offshore patrol vessel (OPV) P 71 will have a total displacement of 1,800 tons, a length of 74.8 m, a width of 13 m, a draft of 3.4 m. A two-shaft diesel-electric main power plant with a total power of 10880 kW will give the OPV a top speed “in excess of 20 knots “.

On Wednesday 16th January 2019, the Armed Forces of Malta have signed a US$40 million contract for an additional Offshore Patrol Vessel, which will be named P71. The project of a second and more capable OPV was launched in 2015, and has since then started to take shape.

Mar 27, 2023 · P71 is the largest vessel ever built by Cantiere Navale Vittoria and will be the largest ship to be operated by the AFM's Maritime Squadron. It has a full load displacement of 2,000 tonnes, an...