VESSEL REVIEW | VS 001 & VS 002 – French interior ministry acquires self-righting rescue boats for Mediterranean operations

SAR-optimised electronics and firefighting equipment

The wheelhouse on each boat is fitted with Libra-Plast doors, Speich windscreen wipers, and a FirePro extinguisher. External firefighting capability is provided by a Kolmeks pump connected to two Delta Fire monitors.

The wheelhouse electronics include three Hatteland displays, two Luminell SL2 searchlights, a Teledyne FLIR M346C thermal camera, and a Furuno package consisting of a radar, an AIS, a satellite compass, a loudhailer, an echosounder and an autopilot.

A rescue lift winch and a Dacon frame are fitted for use in MOB situations while two six-person liferafts from Viking Life-Saving Equipment will be available should evacuation become necessary.