Fassmer FPB 20

The Fassmer FPB 20 patrol boat is a unique patrol boat built originally for the Bremen Police under the name of Bremen 9.

Class overview
Builders: Fassmer
Operators:
In commission: 1992–present
Completed: 1
Active: 1
General characteristics [1]
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 32 tonnes (31 long tons) s
Length: 20 m (65 ft 7 in) o/a
Beam: 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)
Draught: 1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × 2 x MTU 12V 183 TE 92, 735 kW, 2300 rpm
  • Propeller: Schaffran, z = 3
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 300 nmi (560 km)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 3 m Daughter Boat with Crane
Complement: 3-6 persons
Armament:
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
  • Water canon / Fire Fighting Equipment
Notes: Hull No. 1280

In 2007, The boat was turned over to the Lebanese navy and has been renamed Naqoura, after the Naqoura coastal town in Lebanon. The Lebanese Navy is using the boat for fishery monitoring, search and rescue, and patrolling Lebanon's territorial waters out to 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi).[1]

In addition to its usual facilities the boat is also equipped with 3 m Daughter Boat with Crane, and a water cannon for fire fighting.

The boat is powered by 2 Motor and Turbine Union engines that give a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).

References
  1. "FPB 20 Naqoura : Main characteristics" (PDF). Fassmer. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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