Denmark's DALO places order for five SAR vessels with Estonian yard

The design has fully independent and separated engine rooms, controllable pitch propeller (CPP) propulsion and a wave-piercing hull patented by the yard. Buoyancy compartments partially filled with buoyant material will provide all-compartment damage stability.

The vessels can also self-right with a fully flooded wheelhouse. Baltic Workboats said model tests in a basin reproducing the depth changes and breaking waves of the Danish coastline confirmed this capability and showed that the wheelhouse drains completely within two minutes.

Top speed will be 25 knots. Equipment will include a towing winch, a deck crane and a fire monitor.

The first vessel is scheduled for delivery no later than 14 months after the contract is signed, with handover of all five planned within 24 months.