Design
The vessels are long, have a top speed of . They can be armed with machine guns, or an autocannon.Nigerian Navy
Seven Ocea FPB 72 vessels were delivered to the Nigerian Navy. , , and were delivered in 2013. and were delivered in 2017. and were delivered in 2018.Suriname Coast Guard
In November 2012 the defence and internal affairs Ministry of Suriname bought three patrol vessels from the French company Ocea for the Coast Guard. This order was worth 16 million euros. These patrol vessels will be used for fishery protection and to counterattack piracy in Surinamese waters. The first Fast Patrol Boat (P201), a Ocea FPB 98 type, was delivered in June 2013. The first boat arrived in Paramaribo with a container vessel from the port of Saint-Nazaire, France. Delivery of the remaining two vessels (P101 & P102), FPB 72 types, occurred by the end of July, 2013.Philippine Coast Guard
On September 9, 2014, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) through the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the French Shipbuilder OCEA entered an agreement to supply the latter with four 24 m FPB-72 Patrol Boats and one OPV-270 Offshore Patrol Vessel provided by a loan granted by the French Government. The FPB-72 Patrol Boats is designated as in the Philippine Coast Guard Service. The first of the four FPB-72, BRP ''Boracay'' arrived at the Alava Pier in Subic, Philippines on August 8, 2018 while the second boat, BRP ''Panglao'' arrived on September 3. Both ''Boracay'' and ''Panglao'' were commissioned together during the PCG anniversary celebration on October 17, 2018. BRP ''Malamawi'', the third boat out of four, was launched in July 2018 and is expected to be delivered by November 2018. The fourth and last FPB-72 Patrol Boat for the Philippine Coast Guard, BRP ''Kalanggaman'' was launched August 13, 2018 and is expected to be delivered by January 2019.References
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