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OCEA

OCEA is a French aluminum shipbuilder founded in Les Sables d'Olonne in 1987, with defense-relevant work centered on fast patrol boats, offshore patrol vessels, and maritime safety and security craft. Its catalog-connected work includes FPB patrol boats for coast guard missions and the larger OPV 270 offshore patrol vessel family represented by BRP Gabriela Silang.

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OCEA produces aluminum patrol and maritime-security vessels from French Atlantic-coast yards, with export customers using its FPB and OPV families for coast guard, navy, exclusive-economic-zone, search-and-rescue, anti-smuggling, and sovereignty missions.

The company markets a layered patrol-vessel range, from fast patrol boats such as the FPB 98 and FPB 110 to offshore patrol vessels such as the 83.6 m OPV 270. OCEA's official product pages emphasize aluminum construction, lower fuel consumption, long-range patrol endurance, and mission equipment for surveillance, intervention, pollution response, and helicopter-supported operations.

Cataloged OCEA systems represented here include the FPB 98 fast patrol boat ordered by Ukraine's State Border Guard Service and the OPV 270 offshore patrol vessel design built in France for the Philippine Coast Guard.

aluminum patrol vesselsfast patrol boatsoffshore patrol vesselsmaritime safety and security craft

Notable Systems

FPB 98, 32 m fast patrol boat, Naval Systems

FPB 98

32 m fast patrol boat

32 m fast patrol boat in OCEA's FPB range and the model ordered by Ukraine's State Border Guard Service.

Sources: OCEA Fast Patrol Boat range
OPV 270, Offshore patrol vessel, Naval Systems

OPV 270

Offshore patrol vessel

83.6 m offshore patrol vessel design in OCEA's OPV range; Naval News identifies BRP Gabriela Silang as a France-built OCEA OPV 270 for the Philippine Coast Guard.

Sources: OCEA Offshore Patrol Vessel range, Naval News OPV 270 performance

Manufacturer History

  1. OCEA founded

    OCEA was founded in Les Sables d'Olonne and developed around aluminum shipbuilding.

    Sources: OCEA Shipbuilding

  2. FPB 98 deliveries recorded in OCEA timeline

    OCEA's corporate timeline records delivery of the first of twenty-one OCEA FPB 98 MKI vessels.

    Sources: OCEA corporate website

  3. Ukrainian FPB 98 contract signed

    OCEA and Ukraine's State Border Guard Service signed a contract for twenty FPB 98 patrol boats.

    Sources: Naval News FPB 98 production

  4. OPV 270 performance reported after Philippine service entry

    Naval News reported OCEA's statement that the OPV 270 Gabriela Silang had exceeded contractual performance figures in Philippine Coast Guard service, including range, endurance, and mission versatility.

    Sources: Naval News OPV 270 performance

Website links
Official websiteFast Patrol Boat rangeOffshore Patrol Vessel range

OCEA public sources describe corporate and product-range context; individual conflict-use claims remain on weapon records.

Manufacturer Sources

  • OCEA ShipbuildingPublisher: OCEA | Note: Supports OCEA founding year, Les Sables d'Olonne origin, aluminum shipbuilding focus, production-site context, and maritime safety/security product focus. | Accessed: 2026-07-07
  • OCEA corporate websitePublisher: OCEA | Note: Supports official website, broad shipbuilding activities, and the corporate timeline entry for first FPB 98 MKI deliveries. | Accessed: 2026-07-07
  • OCEA Fast Patrol Boat rangePublisher: OCEA | Note: Supports OCEA's FPB product range and FPB 98 official mission and characteristic context. | Accessed: 2026-07-07
  • OCEA Offshore Patrol Vessel rangePublisher: OCEA | Note: Supports OCEA's OPV product range, OPV 270 official mission set, characteristics, headquarters postal address, and official OPV 270 image provenance. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Naval News OPV 270 performancePublisher: Naval News | Note: Supports BRP Gabriela Silang as a France-built OCEA OPV 270 for the Philippine Coast Guard, along with performance, endurance, disaster-relief, and RHIB context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Naval News FPB 98 productionPublisher: Naval News | Note: Supports OCEA's FPB 98 contract with Ukraine's State Border Guard Service and the planned French/Ukrainian build split. | Accessed: 2026-07-07

Produced weapons

Category

Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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OPV 270, Offshore patrol vessel, Naval SystemsOPV 270Offshore patrol vesselBuilt in: FranceThe OPV 270 is OCEA's large aluminum offshore patrol vessel design for exclusive-economic-zone surveillance, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, pollution response, helicopter operations, and long-range coast-guard presence. The known Philippine Coast Guard example, BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301), was delivered by OCEA in December 2019, reached Manila in April 2020 after an overseas repatriation tasking, and later appeared in joint maritime training and RIMPAC preparation rather than documented combat use.