Constructing the hull of a Yemeni patrol vessel based on a Damen Stan design

The Damen Stan 2600 is a line of

patrol vessels A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval ship, naval vessel generally designed for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence, Border control, border security, or law ...

built or designed by

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other Watercraft, floating vessels. In modern times, it normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation th ...

firm the

Damen Group The Damen Group is a Dutch defence, shipbuilding, and engineering conglomerate company based in Gorinchem, Netherlands. Though it is a major international group doing business in 120 countries, it remains a private family-owned company. Dame ...

Operators

The first vessels of this design were delivered to the

Hong Kong Police The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest Hong Kong Disciplined Services, disciplined service under the Security Bureau (Hong Kong), Security Bureau of Hong Kong. Pursuant to the one c ...

in 2007. Vietnam Maritime search and Rescue Coordination Center operates 3 x 28.9 m variant of the Stan Patrol 2606 vessels delivered in 2004: * SAR-273 * SAR-274 * SAR-272 The

United States Coast Guard The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and Admiralty law, law enforcement military branch, service branch of the armed forces of the United States. It is one of the country's eight Uniformed services ...

Marine Protector class of cutters are based on the Damen Stan 2600 design. A total of 78 Marine Protector class vessels were built by

Bollinger Shipyards Bollinger Shipyards is an American constructor of ships, workboats and patrol vessels. Its thirteen shipyards and forty drydocks are located in Louisiana and Texas. Its drydocks range in capacity from vessels of 100 tons displacement to 22,000 t ...

—74 for the United States Coast Guard (USCG), two for the United States Navy (USN), two for

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

and two for

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

. Four of the last vessels in the USCG possession are owned by the USN, but are crewed and managed by the USCG and bear USCG pennant numbers. The USN relies on these vessels to escort its nuclear submarines as they enter and exit from their ports, where submarines may be vulnerable to bombers until they can get to water deep enough to dive. Distinguishing them from the remainder of the vessels in the USCG fleet, the USN's four vessels are equipped with a gyro-stabilized machine gun, remotely controlled from the bridge. The

Venezuelan Navy The Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela (), commonly known as the Venezuelan Navy, is the navy, naval branch of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela. The Venezuelan Navy serves the purpose of defending the naval sovereignty of Venezuela, i ...

operates vessels built to the Damen Stan design. The vessels were built in

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

. In March 2008 a newly constructed vessel was sent to

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

to try to solicit orders from the Government of

. In November 2011

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

signed a contract to build vessels of the related 2606 design for the Ecuadorian Coast Guard. In January 2012

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

and Venezuela entered into an agreement to cooperate in the construction of vessels built to the Damen Stan 2606 design. The vessels will be built in the UCOCAR in

Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello () is a city on the north coast of Venezuela. It is located in Carabobo State, about 210 km west of Caracas. As of 2011, the city had a population of around 182,400. The city is home to the largest and busiest port in the count ...

. In May 2014

the Bahamas The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of ...

also ordered four patrol vessels based on Damen's 26 metre design.

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, date = 2014-05-02 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140701205543/http://www.damen.com/en/news/2014/05/astinave-contracts-damen-for-fourth-patrol-vessel , archivedate = 2014-07-01 , accessdate = 2014-07-15 , url-status = live , quote = Astilleros Navales Ecuatorianos EP - has recently awarded Damen Shipyards Group the contract for a fourth Patrol Vessel of the Damen Stan Patrol 2606 type. This contract represents the last of this SPa 2606 series for the Ecuadorian Coastguard to be built locally. {{cite news , url = http://www.asiandefencenews.com/2014/05/bahamas-first-damen-stan-patrol-vessel.html , title = Bahamas First Damen Stan Patrol Vessel on the Way , publisher = Asian Defense News , date = 2014-05-17 , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140716005621/http://www.asiandefencenews.com/2014/05/bahamas-first-damen-stan-patrol-vessel.html , archivedate=2014-07-16 , accessdate = 2014-07-15 , url-status = live , quote = On the 18th of March 2014 Damen signed contracts with the Government of the Bahamas – Ministry of National Security on behalf of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) for a package of four (4) DAMEN Stan Patrol 4207, four (4) DAMEN Stan Patrol 3007 and one (1) DAMEN RoRo 5612. {{cite news, url =http://www.uscg.mil/hq/CG9/newsroom/updates/fms091109.asp, title =Coast Guard Awards Contract to Build Two 87-foot Protector-class Coastal Patrol Boats for the Yemen Coast Guard, publisher =

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, date =2009-09-11, archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20140726011445/http://www.uscg.mil/hq/CG9/newsroom/updates/fms091109.asp, archivedate =2014-07-26, url-status =dead, quote =The Coast Guard awarded a $28.2 million contract to Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., in Lockport, La., on September 11, 2009, to build two 87-foot Protector-class Coastal Patrol Boats for the Yemen Coast Guard. {{cite news , url = http://www.damen.nl/en/news/2011/11/2606 , title = Signing of contract SPa 2606 Ecuador , publisher =

, date = 2011-11-02 , accessdate = 2011-11-30 , archivedate = 2013-02-22 , archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130222131441/http://www.damen.nl/en/news/2011/11/2606 , url-status = live {{citation , url = http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/new-coast-guard-cutters-only-job-to-protect-navy , title = Enlisting a Coast Guard Cutter to Protect Navy Subs , author = Ed Friedrich , publisher =

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, date = 2008-06-20 , quote = A second 87-foot cutter, the Sea Fox, is being built and will be added next year. , url-status = dead , archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161002032957/http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/enlisting-a-coast-guard-cutter-to-protect-navy-subs-ep-421951733-358572611.html , archivedate = 2016-10-02 Patrol vessels Damen Group

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