PN commissions first of two 2,300-tonne corvettes

摘要

The Pakistan Navy (PN) has commissioned the first of two 2,300-tonne multirole corvettes ordered from Dutch shipbuilder Damen in 2017. Named PNS Yarmook (F-271), the ship, which the company said is based on a Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) 1900, entered serviced in a ceremony held on 13 February at Constanta Port in Romania that was also attended by the PN's vice chief of the naval staff, Vice Admiral Muhammad Fayyaz Gilani.