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Swedes Equip Poles for Border Roles

30 Jul 2008

Sweden's Dockstavarvet delivered the last of four high speed patrol boats to the Polish Border Guard late last year. The boats are of Docksta’s IC 16 M standard design and will form a vital part of the EU’s Integrated Border Management Program in the Baltic Sea.
The IC 16m has a range of 330 miles at its cruising speed of 35 knots.
The IC 16m has a range of 330 miles at its cruising speed of 35 knots.

The order was signed in May 2006 and to meet the restricted delivery time, three hulls were subcontracted to Wisla Aluminium in Gdansk, Poland and then shipped to Sweden for final fitting out.

The 15.9m LOA IC 16 M is in all aluminium construction based on the well known CB 90 H concept, now adapted for patrol operations. Dimensioning is according to Lloyd’s Register’s Special Service Craft Rules for Area G3. The aft positioned wheelhouse provides good crew comfort at high speed in open seas and excellent visibility around the horizon despite the low profile. The accommodation is arranged for a crew of four with one forward four berth cabin, galley, dinette, head and additional seating for six passengers. The Polish version is equipped for border control as well as search and rescue missions and built under survey of the Polish Register of Shipping

Power is provided by twin Scania DI 16 diesel engines giving a total output of 1,600hp and a sprint speed of 42 knots. The engines drive two Rolls-Royce FF410 waterjet units through ZF550 reduction gears and flexible shaft couplings.

The electrical installation consists of an alternator/battery supplied 24 V DC system with separate battery banks for start and service loads. Battery charging when main engines are not running and air conditioning/domestic consumers are supplied from shore connection or a 7 kW Onan diesel generator.

The boats are fitted with a Furuno navigation system based on the second generation Furuno NAVnet VX-2 technology with M-1944C / GD-1920C black box radar / plotter system, SC-50 GPS compass, FAP-5002 autopilot, combined with MAXSea chart plotting software. The system is tailor designed for high speed navigation and fitted for dual station operation with a separate multifunction MU-155C TFT display each for the commanding officer and the helmsman. In addition, the system is fitted with a sounder module and back-up GPS and rate sensor compass as well as a FA-150 AIS.

The SAR /safety equipment includes a full GMDSS Area A2 installation plus a TAIYO VHF direction finder and an UNI-SAFE RT 202 MOB direction finder with eight portable transmitters. The boats are fitted with a Viking liferaft and a 250W remote controlled Norselight searchlight positioned near the mast top.

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