''Ares 85 Hercules'' is a

fast patrol boat A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...

made in Turkey. Oman ordered 14 boats for its Coast Guard Command.

Characteristics

The fast patrol craft was designed by the

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-based

Ares Shipyard Ares Shipyard ( tr, Ares Tersanesi) is a Turkish shipyard established in Antalya, southern Turkey in 2006. It builds fast patrol boats for the defence and law enforcement missions. This Shipyard Made World Class 'Ares-150 Hercules' OPV. Whice wa ...

in cooperation with the British Maritime Technology (BMT), which is experienced in commercial and naval high-performance patrol vessels with lengths ranging from to . Made of advanced composite material, Ares 85 Hercules was built at

. She has a length of , a beam of , a draft of with a displacement of 70 tons. She has a cruise speed of , up to . The ship's class is BV, TL/HSC-N (

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, Turkish Lloyd/

High-speed craft A high-speed craft (HSC) is a high-speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry. The first high-speed craft were often hydrofoils or hovercraft, but in the 1990s catamaran and monohull designs become more po ...

- Non-displacement mode). The patrol boat features a stabilized weapon station of a remotely controlled 12.7 mm machine gun. The patrol craft is equipped with

electro-optical sensor Electro-optical sensors are electronic detectors that convert light, or a change in light, into an electronic signal. These sensors are able to detect electromagnetic radiation from the infrared up to the ultraviolet wavelengths. They are used in ...

s, sea-based X-band Radar and radşo systems. She carries a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) on the

poop deck In naval architecture, a poop deck is a deck that forms the roof of a cabin built in the rear, or " aft", part of the superstructure of a ship. The name originates from the French word for stern, ''la poupe'', from Latin ''puppis''. Thus ...

for use in boarding a ship and search and rescue missions.

Operators

*, the Royal Oman Police Coast Guard ordered on 13 November 2018 a total of 14 boats to deploy against illegal immigration and drug trafficking. The first two boats were delivered by mid December 2019.

References

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