Italian shipyard Cantiere Navale Vittoria has launched its first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to the Italian border police (the Guardia di Finanza).
Named the 'P01 Monte Sperone', the vessel will be delivered within the next three months to the client.
The largest vessel of the Guardia di Finanza operating on the Italian coast and in the Mediterranean, the craft will specialise in border patrol, and the safe interception and handling of illegal immigration operations, with a hope to prevent future tragedies such as the recently sunk vessel that was carrying asylum seekers in Lampedusa.
A second sister vessel will be launched on November 5.
