[🇵🇰-Navy] Yarmook-Class Corvette/OPV News & Discussion

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Yarmook-Class Corvette/OPV​

The Yarmook-class corvette is a class of corvettes in service with the Pakistan Navy. The class is primarily based on Damen Group's Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) 1900.

The primary role of the class is to patrol the sea area.

Damen signed an agreement with Ministry of Defence Production, Pakistan on 30 June 2017 to design and build two multipurpose corvettes for Pakistan Navy. The Dutch shipbuilder selected its shipyard in Galați, Romania to build these vessels.

According to Pakistan Navy officials, the corvettes will "act as force multipliers in enhancing [the] navy's capability of safeguarding maritime frontiers and will offer more flexibility in the conduct of [the] Pakistan Navy's initiative of independent Regional Maritime Security Patrols in the Indian Ocean Region".

On 13 July 2020, PNS Yarmook was inducted into the Pakistan Navy.

The keel of the first vessel of the second batch of two offshore patrol vessels (OPV) for the Pakistani Navy was laid in 2022.The OPVs of the second batch are larger than the first batch and based on the Damen OPV 2600 design.

On 12 September 2023 PNS Hunain was launched at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania.

 

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Pakistan already operates two Yarmook Class Corvettes PNS Yarmook & PNS Tabuk, F-271 & F-272 respectively.
These two were ordered under batch-I [2300 ton each],.

Now Pakistan has ordered batch-II for two more YCC [2600 ton each], PNS Hunain F-273 & PNS Yamama F-274.

 

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Pakistan already operates 2x Yarmook Class Corvettes PNS Yarmook & PNS Tabuk, F-271 & F-272 respectively, these 2x were ordered under batch-I [2300 ton each], now Pakistan has ordered batch-II for 2x more YCC [2600 ton each], PNS Hunain F-273 & PNS Yamama F-274.