Sa'ar 62-class offshore patrol vessel

	General Cabañas, Honduran Navy vessel
Class overview
Name	OPV 62
Builders	Israel Shipyards
Operators	Navy of Equatorial Guinea; Azerbaijan Coast Guard; Cyprus Navy; Honduran Navy;
Built	2010s
Active	10
General characteristics
Type	Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	500 t (490 long tons)
Length	62 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) max
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	35
Sensors &; processing systems	Furuno navigation radar; Rafael TopeLite electro-optical surveillance and observation and targeting system; IAI Elta surveillance and gunnery radar (SGRS) - ELM 2228X;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Rafael MRCR chaff/soft-kill countermeasures
Armament	Rafael Typhoon RW ZU 23 mm naval gun; Rafael Typhoon MLS NLOS missile system; Remotely controlled 12.7 mm machine guns; Crew served 7.62 mm machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Airbus EC135 helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck

The Sa'ar 62-class offshore patrol vessel, commonly known as the OPV 62, is a type of vessel used by the Navy of Equatorial Guinea, the Cyprus Navy, the Azerbaijan Coast Guard, the Coastguard of Kazakhstan^{[citation needed]} and the Honduran Navy.^[2]^: 431 Designed by Israel Shipyards Ltd, these offshore patrol vessels are based on the Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat.^[3] The ships are related to the Sa'ar 4-derived OPV 58, known as the 'Fourni'-class in Hellenic Coast Guard service.

Design

The patrol craft have a basic design, but are equipped with modern sensors, systems and weapons. The vessels armament gives them the capability to engage surface, air, and land threats and targets, and the countermeasure system can give them protection from anti-ship missiles and torpedoes. The vessels can deploy small boats for boarding operations, and search and rescue. The vessels have a flight deck for an Airbus EC135 helicopter that can be used to assist the vessel in its missions.

History

The Azerbaijan Coast Guard, officially the maritime brigade of the State Border Service of Azerbaijan, ordered 6 OPV 62s to be built locally on the Caspian Sea. The vessels were constructed at Azerbaijan Coast Guard's Ship Construction and Repair Center in Türkan. The first, pennant number S-201, was launched on 9 September 2015. The ships are heavily armed for their size, including an 8-cell MLS-NLOS launcher firing Spike-NLOS missiles.^[1]

The Cypriot Navy ordered an OPV 62 in December 2015 for the purpose of protecting the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus. The completed vessel was officially launched by Israel Shipyards in September 2017,^[4] before being commissioned into the service of the Cypriot Navy as the Commodore Andreas Ioannides (P61) in January 2018.^[5] The vessel is named as a memorial to Andreas Ioannides, a former Commander of the Cyprus Navy.

The Honduran Navy ordered an OPV 62 in 2016. The patrol boat, named General José Trinidad Cabañas (FNH2021), was delivered in December 2019. The vessel is named after José Trinidad Cabañas, a former president of Honduras.^[3] The General Cabañas is intended to combat drug trafficking, as well as render humanitarian aid in emergencies.^[6] The patrol vessel features a new modernised superstructure compared to previous boats in the series.

Ships in class

Name	Built For	Commissioned	Status
Kié-Ntem	Navy of Equatorial Guinea	February 2011	Active
Litoral	Navy of Equatorial Guinea	February 2011	Active
S-201	Azerbaijan Coast Guard	November 2015	Active
S-202	Azerbaijan Coast Guard		Active
S-203	Azerbaijan Coast Guard		Active
S-204	Azerbaijan Coast Guard		Active
S-205	Azerbaijan Coast Guard		Active
S-206	Azerbaijan Coast Guard		Active
Commodore Andreas Ioannides (P61)	Cyprus Navy	January 2018	Active
General José Trinidad Cabañas (FNH2021)	Honduran Navy	December 2019	Active