BRP Datu Bankaw
{{Short description|Offshore civilian patrol vessel}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image = |Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country = Philippines |Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Philippines|coast guard}} |Ship name = Datu Bankaw |Ship operator = Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources |Ship namesake = Datu Bankaw, chieftain (datu) of Limasawa Island and parts of present-day Southern Leyte province |Ship builder = Josefa Slipways Inc., Sual, Pangasinan, Philippines |Ship ordered = 2020 |Ship awarded = |Ship original cost = |Ship yard number = |Ship way number = |Ship laid down = |Ship launched = 2022 |Ship sponsor = |Ship christened = |Ship completed = |Ship identification = *Hull number: MMOV-3004 |Ship acquired = |Ship commissioned = |Ship recommissioned = |Ship decommissioned = |Ship struck = |Ship fate = |Ship status = Active as of September 2023 |Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Datu Cabaylo-class multi-mission offshore vessel | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|30.0|m|0|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = * *2 × {{convert|4300|kW|shp|abbr=on}} MTU diesel engines
| Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = 14+ knots | Ship range = | Ship endurance = *10 days, {{convert|2500|nmi}}
| Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 2 officers, 10 crew | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = *L-3 C4ISR suite
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BRP Datu Bankaw (MMOV-3004) (also known as DA-BFAR MMOV-3004) is the fourth ship of a new class of 30-meter multi-mission offshore civilian patrol vessels operated by the Philippine government's Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.{{cite web|url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/06/22/business/maritime/josefa-slipway-launches-new-multi-mission-offshore-vessel/1848204 |title=Josefa Slipway launches new multi-mission offshore vessel |publisher=Manila Times |date=2022-06-22 |accessdate=2022-11-16}}
Construction
Mission
Its intended mission is to guard Philippine waters against illegal fishing, maritime protection and fisheries control, with secondary mission of supporting law enforcement agencies like the Philippine Coast Guard in patrolling Philippine territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zones.
The ship has been seen providing support to Filipino fishermen in the Bajo de Masinloc / Panatag Shoal (Scarborough Shoal) in late September 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/09/26/2299095/pcg-cuts-through-china-sea-barrier |title=PCG cuts through China Sea barrier |publisher=Philstar.com / The Philippine Star |date=2023-09-26 |accessdate=2023-09-27}} On 30 April 2024, the Datu Bankaw was delivering food and fuel to Filipino fishermen at Scarborough when it was fired upon by Chinese coast guard ships with water cannons, and the ship collided twice with Chinese boats. Datu Bankaw{{'s}} railings were damaged, along with "some ship equipment".{{cite news |title=China fires water cannons at Philippine ships in South China Sea |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/South-China-Sea/China-fires-water-cannons-at-Philippine-ships-in-South-China-Sea |access-date=30 April 2024 |work=Nikkei Asia |date=30 April 2024}}
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Category:Ships of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources