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FPB 38 Fast Patrol Boats (FPB) Lürssen Shipyard

The FPB 38 Fast Patrol Boat by Lürssen can quickly respond to various challenges and is ideal for Anti Surface Warfare. Offering top speeds of over 30 knots, these Fast Patrol Boats can quickly respond to various challenges. Being built for Anti Surface Warfare they provide high performance and excellent seakeeping characteristics.

The coastline can best be patrolled by fast patrol boats and coast guard vessels with a reputation for speed, performance and versatility. Lürssen’s reputation is founded on its expertise with regard to high-speed craft. As far back as 1905, Lürssen’s world-renowned speedboats took top honours in race after race. From the very beginning, Lürssen fast patrol boats and coast guard vessels have been continuously improved based on feedback received from customers. Lürssen vessels have a well-earned reputation for performance, durability and easy operation.

The basic design can be easily adapted and upgraded to suit your territorial environment and can handle specific challenges, such as rapid interception of smugglers, pirates or rogue fishing vessels. Lürssen ensured that the time, effort and investment required to maintain the vessel are kept to a minimum through constant refinement of the design.

The Navy of Bahrain, which had been previously equipped with small patrol ships of British design awarded the contract in 1979 to the LUrssen Werft for the construction of two fast attack craft - gun of the Type FPB-38 and two fast attack missile craft of the Type TNC-45 with EXOCET missiles. The two first units were delivered in 1981 and the two others were scheduled for 1983/84.

Malaysia's Gagah class was built to the Lurssen FPB-38 design. The first batch ordered was delivered in August 1980, the last in April 1983. All were transferred from the Royal Malaysian Marine Police to the newly formed Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (established on Feb. 15, 2005) between June 2005 and June 2006. All were renamed and renumbered upon transfer. HARIMAU KUMBANG (PZ-10), now JUJUR (3907) of this class, was stricken in 1994; however, it was retained as a spare parts hulk.

The Lürssen shipyard received a 15 vessel €1.5 billion (approx $1.63b) contract in the Summer of 2015 under which it was to deliver FPB 35 and FPB 38 patrol boats. According to Lürssen, the 35 meter TNC 35 vessel is equipped with two diesel engines with a combined output of 7.800 kW and can reach a speed of 40 knots. The longer FPB 38 is, as its name suggests, 38 meters long and at a maximum speed of 31 knots a bit slower than the TNC 35.