Maltese patrol boat P31

P31 was a Kondor I-class patrol boat built by Peenewerft shipyard to patrol the river banks between the East and West Germany and then was also used as a minesweeper for the East German Navy under the name Pasewalk. In 1992 it became a patrol boat of the Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta. After being decommissioned, it was was scuttled as a dive site in 2009 off Comino, Malta.

It was purchased by Malta in 1992 along with her sister ship P30 (formerly Ueckermuende) A third sister ship, P29 (formerly Boltenhagen) was purchased in 1997, and the three were used to secure the Maltese coast against smuggling and border control operations. Most notably was the rescue of 251 illegal immigrants from their 20 metre boat which was sinking 44 miles to the south of Malta in over force 6 winds. P31 was decommissioned in 2004 and bought by the Malta Tourism Authority. It was sunk as an attraction for divers on 25 August 2009 at a depth of 18 metres to serve as a diving site.