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Lurssen FPB 62 / CM 62 / CM 65

The corvette VICTORY was delivered to the Singaporean navy in 1988 as the leading ship in a class of six corvettes. Due to its stealth design, the ship is difficult for enemy vessels to detect. It is also characterised by low underwater noise emissions. The FPB 62-class corvettes were designed to perform anti-surface warfare (ASuW) with self-defense anti-air warfare (AAW) capability and secondary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) using an helicopter. Bahrain commissioned two of these vessels in 1988, known as CM 62 or Al Manama-class.

In the similar CM 65 or Murray Jip class helicopter corvettes delivered in 1990, the UAE took possession in 1990 of two complex naval vessels equipped not only with helicopter landing pads, but also with an extremely extensive array of weapons systems and sensor technology not usually seen in ships of this size. The first two units of the KiliÇ Class Fast Patrol Boats, P-330 TCG Kiliç and P-333 TCG Meltem, were constructed in Germany by Lurssen shipyard, the remaining in Gölcük Naval Shipyard.

The Kiliç Class is designated a Fast Attack Craft / Missile Boat by the Turkish Navy, while it is defined as a corvette by Lürssen Werft, the German designer of these vessels. All four classes of ships built for Singapore, Bahrain, UAE and Turkey are similar, while featuring minor differences in terms of length, beam, draft, full displacement and top speed. There are also discrepancies in the reported specifications of these vessels.

Today, a wide array of naval vessels of all classes designed and built by Lürssen are in use by national navies all over the world. Lürssen’s proven platforms are the foundation for individually tailored naval vessel complete with high-performance systems. The success of Lürssen in the corvette segment is unparalleled. As team players in cooperation with other shipyards, Lürssen designed and built the new corvette K 130 – equipped with cutting-edge high-tech systems – for the German navy.