Cornel-class patrol boat

The Cornel-class patrol boat is a missile patrol boat built by the Arens Drenthe shipyard in Sint-Hendrikstad, Brunant. It comprises of two ships, R.S. Pero Cornel and R.S. Hendrik Faariet, which are currently used by the Brunanter Royal Navy.

History
Plans for two missile patrol boats were originally drawn up under the second Jorgeson government in 1998 to modernize the Royal Navy's fleet. It was under the second Michels government that funds were spent and the boats were built at the Arens Drenthe shipyard in Sint-Hendrikstad. Finland was brought in to provide support and the ships were ultimately based on their Hamina-class boats. Construction of the ships began in 2003 (R.S. Pero Cornel and 2004 (R.S. Hendrik Faariet).

There was criticism all along the project's length, due to the increasing costs and the perceived lack of need for two ships over just one, and many leftists opposed new ships altogether.

Lead ship Pero Cornel was launched and commissioned in 2006; the government had changed by then (Darnley cabinet) and they had voiced opposition to the project costs, but it was decided to complete the ships anyway. Eventually, Pero Cornel cost around 50 million euros and Hendrik Faariet (launched and commissioned in 2007) cost 53.2 million euros, but it would be costlier to scrap them or to continue using older ships.