{"id":6345,"date":"2020-02-14T11:34:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T11:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=6345"},"modified":"2020-02-18T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:56:55","slug":"pakistan-navy-commissions-damen-built-corvette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/pakistan-navy-commissions-damen-built-corvette\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Navy commissions Damen-built Corvette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pakistan Navy commissions Damen-built offshore patrol vessel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan Navy has commissioned a 2300\u00a0tons Corvette PNS\u00a0Yarmook (F-271) from Dutch shipbuilder Damen in a ceremony held at Constanta Port, Romania on February 13, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan <span style=\"color: #a80000;\"><a style=\"color: #a80000;\" href=\"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/tag\/navy\/\">Navy<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Muhammad\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Fayyaz Gilani\u00a0and\u00a0teams from Ministry of Defense Production Rawalpindi, Chief Naval Overseer (Romania) and senior management of Damen Shipyards Group attended the ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Vice Admiral Muhammad\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">Fayyaz Gilani emphasized<\/span>\u00a0the importance of corvettes in the maritime domain and said that induction of these platforms &#8220;will act as force multipliers in enhancing Navy\u2019s capability of safeguarding maritime interests.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">He also praised the professional competence of <span style=\"color: #a80000;\"><a style=\"color: #a80000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.damen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Damen Shipyards<\/a> <\/span>and delivering high-quality platforms in record time as well as\u00a0<\/span>the prospects of future cooperation\u00a0with\u00a0the Pakistan Navy.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">PNS Yarmook is electronic warfare, anti-ship &amp; anti-air warfare platform with cutting edge self-protection and defense systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6346\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pakkstan-Navy-Damen-ship1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6346\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pakkstan-Navy-Damen-ship1.jpg?resize=800%2C356\" alt=\"Pakistan Navy has commissioned a 2,300t Corvette PNS YARMOOK (F-271) offshore patrol vessel (OPV) built by Damen in a ceremony held at Constanta Port in Romania.\" width=\"800\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pakkstan-Navy-Damen-ship1.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pakkstan-Navy-Damen-ship1.jpg?resize=300%2C134&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Pakistan Navy has commissioned a 2,300t Corvette PNS YARMOOK (F-271) offshore patrol vessel (OPV) built by Damen in a ceremony held at Constanta Port in Romania.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">&#8220;The ship is capable to perform a variety of maritime operations, transport helicopter &amp; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) simultaneously&#8221; according to the official statement. 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