Naval Platforms
Chantiers de l’Altantique’s DEFENDSEAS Corvette Concept
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Corvette
Naval Platforms
Damen Shipbuilding to deliver second corvette PNS Tabuk
Damen Shipyard announced that it will soon deliver the Second Multipurpose Offshore Patrol vessel PNS TABUK to the Pakistan Navy. The second PNS Tabuk corvette (F-272) launched in September 2019, is expected to be incorporated […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Fast and furious: China’s shipbuilding at a mammoth scale
Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world’s second largest economy–the leading manufacturer of consumer goods and military equipment–a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. China’s fragile relationship with it’s pacific neighbors like Australia, […]
Naval Platforms
China’s Type 056 Jiangdao Class Corvette
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Europe
Russian ships ‘high activity’ in the channel
Sky News Breaking informed its audience that Royal Navy ships have been shadowing seven Russian warships following “unusually high levels of activity” in the Channel and North Sea. The news was first announced in a Royal Navy […]
Europe
Bulgaria selected Lürssen to build two multimission corvettes for Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian government has selected German shipbuilder Lürssen over Fincantieri of Italy to build two multi-role corvettes for the country’s navy, Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov announced on 27 February during a visit to Varna. Officially […]
Middle East
Fincantieri launches Qatari Emiri Navy’s first Doha-class corvette
The technical launch of Al Zubarah, the first of four Doha-class corvettes ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano, La Spezia on […]
South Asia
Pakistan Navy commissioned Damen-built PNS Yarmook
The Pakistan Navy has commissioned a 2300 Tonnes Corvette PNS YARMOOK (F-271) – a Damen OPV 1900 – in a ceremony held at Constanta Port, Romania on 13th February 2020. Attending the event was Vice Admiral Muhammad […]
Naval Platforms
Saab’s Visby-class Corvette: Ultimate Stealth at Sea
The Visby-class ship’s design heavily emphasizes low visibility, radar cross-section and infrared signature. The first ship in the class is named after Visby, the main city on the island of Gotland. The class has received widespread international attention because of its capabilities as a stealth ship. […]
South Asia
Indian Navy’s anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kavaratti completes sea trials
Defence PSU Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) is set to deliver anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kavaratti to the Navy soon, its Chairman-cum-Managing Director Rear Admiral V K Saxena said. ‘Kavaratti’ is the last […]