BRP Gabriela Silang

BRP Gabriela Silang as it sails home to the Philippines.
History
Philippines
NameBRP Gabriela Silang
NamesakeMaría Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang
OrderedSeptember 6, 2017
BuilderOCEA S.A., Les Sables-d'Olonne, France
CostUNKNOWN since the ₱5.6B contract price also includes 4 units 24-m fast patrol boats + 5-yr maintenance contract instead of the usual 2 yrs [1]
LaunchedJuly 17, 2019
AcquiredDecember 18, 2019
CommissionedApril 13, 2020
Identification
General characteristics
Class and typeGabriela Silang-class offshore patrol vessel
Length83.6 m (274 ft) [2]
Beam16 m (52 ft) [3]
Draft3.5 m (11 ft)[4]
Propulsion
  • diesel-electric hybrid config
  • 2 × MTU 16V 4000 M73 diesel engines [5]
  • 2 × Leroy-Somer electric motors[4]
Speed22 knots (41 km/h) maximum sustained [6]
Range8,000 nautical miles (14,800 km) at 15 knots [7]
Endurance5 weeks (35 Days) [7]
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × Sillinger [6] RHIBs
Capacity500 [2]
Complement
  • Current: 35
  • Maximum: 70 crew & personnel
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Nexeya's LYNCEA mission management system[6]
  • Hensoldt-UK's SharpEye™ X-band (NATO I-band) & S-band (NATO E/F band) solid-state navigation & surface search radar suite[6]
  • Optical: day-&-night cameras [6]
  • Dedicated C2 (Command & Control) Room [6] to function as flagship
Aircraft carried1 × Airbus H145 helicopter
Aviation facilities
  • Helideck for an 8.9-ton helicopter [6]
  • Hangar for a 6-ton helicopter [6]

BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) is an offshore patrol vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard.[8] She is the first offshore patrol vessel and currently, the second largest and most modern vessel of the Philippine Coast Guard. Named after Gabriela Silang, a revolutionary leader during the Philippine struggle for independence from Spain. She was constructed by French shipbuilder OCEA S.A. based on the OPV-270 Mk II design, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, France.[7]

  1. ^ "World premiere - an 84-meter OPV in aluminium". OCEA S.A. January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "BRP Gabriela Silang, ready to repatriate OFWs in Middle East – PCG". Philippine Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BestLargePatrolBoat2020ByBairdMaritime was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "VESSEL REVIEW GABRIELA SILANG - PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD'S LARGEST SHIP TAKES ON PATROL, SURVEILLANCE, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE DUTIES". Baird Maritime. 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Philippine Coast Guard commissions 84 m offshore patrol vessel". 10 Jun 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Cite error: The named reference GS_TurnOverTo_PCG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b c "Euronaval: OCEA Confirms The New OPV 270 Performs Beyond Its Contractual Specifications". Naval News. October 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "LOOK: PH Coast Guard's newest, most modern ship joins fleet in private commissioning rites". INQUIRER.net. April 13, 2020.