Royal Australian Navy commissions lead Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel

The SEA 1180 project will deliver six Arafura-class OPVs to the RAN, with the first two constructed at Osborne. The remaining four vessels are under construction at Henderson in Western Australia.

The OPV’s design will permit the installation of specialist mission packages, such as a maritime tactical unmanned aerial system. In the future, rapid environmental assessment and deployable mine countermeasures capabilities will be integrated to further expand the ship’s existing multi-mission capability.