Albanian patrol vessel Oriku explained

Orik is a patrol vessel of the Albanian Navy Brigade, built by the Damen Group in the Pasha Liman naval shipyard.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} She was the second Damen Stan 4207 patrol vessel to be built, and was commissioned in 2011. She was built in Albania.

Jane's Naval Construction and Retrofit Markets reported that Albania had ordered a total of four vessels.^[5] She was ordered to perform search and rescue duties, as well as coastal patrol.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Sentinel Class Patrol Boat: Media Round Table. United States Coast Guard. 2008-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20090220012354/http://uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/pdf/sentinelmediabrief.pdf. 2009-02-20. dead. 2009-09-26.
2. News: Difesa albanese ordina 4 pattugliatori a Damen Shipyards. dedalonews. 2007-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042430/http://www.dedalonews.it/it/mobile.php?p=11426&more=1. 2011-10-04. dead. Italian.
3. News: Iliria to Albania. Transport & Offshore Services. https://archive.today/20091004054956/http://www.tos.nl/file/en/index.asp?pagina=319. dead. 2009-10-04.
4. News: Barbados Bound. Aviation Week. 2007-10-01. Joris Janssen Lok. https://archive.today/20121209105024/http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:cd0c3339-d5a0-4158-b086-5d1d1c21ebad. dead. 2012-12-09.
5. News: Albania Coast Guard (Albania), The market – Europe. Jane's Information Group. Naval Construction and Retrofit Markets. https://web.archive.org/web/20120820152228/http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Naval-Construction-and-Retrofit-Markets/Albania-Coast-Guard-Albania.html. dead. 2012-08-20.
6. News: Patrol boat design – cheaper by the dozen?. Ship and Boat International. December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20100418205254/http://publishing.yudu.com/Awio4/SBINovDec08/resources/7.htm. live. 2010-04-18.