Henderson boat builder Strategic Marine has won a $5 million Australian Federal Police contract to supply three high-speed patrol vessels to help Indonesian police fight people smuggling through Australia's northern waters.

Strategic Marine said the three 16m vessels would be built under an Australian Federal Police.

Federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said high-speed patrol boats will be based at strategic locations across Indonesia.

The vessels, expected to be delivered by June 2011, will be specifically designed for maritime environmental conditions experienced in Indonesia and surrounding waters with capability to pursue at high speed, intercept and board other vessels.

Strategic Marine said it was contracted for more than $120 million in orders at its yards in Australia, Vietnam, Mexico and Singapore.