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Home» News»Philippines to beef up Navy with two new corvettes
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has green-lighted an acquisition plan for two new corvettes and other naval assets, the Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad said on June 17, 2019.
The BRP Andres Bonifacio Gregorio del Pilar-class offshore patrol vessel (Credit: Philippine Navy)

Philippines to beef up Navy with two new corvettes

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has green-lighted an acquisition plan for two new corvettes and other naval assets, the Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad said on June 17, 2019 - Naval News.

Nathan Gain 17 Jun 2019

In a speech celebrating the Philippine Navy’s 121st founding anniversary in Sangley Point in Cavite province, Empedrad said the two corvette vessels plus other assets will cost about US$669 million.

Empedrad stated the two warships, which costs about US$535 million, are more expensive but more capable than the two brand new frigates which are currently being constructed by the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries for US$344 million. Hyundai is expected to deliver the ships in April and September next year.

“These corvettes will be more powerful than the two frigates because of their more sophisticated and modern weapon system”


Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad

The Philippine Navy currently operates three classes of corvette vessels belonging to the the Rizal, the Malvar and the Jacinto classes.

Besides the two corvettes, Empedrad said the President Duterte also approved the acquisition of eight fast attack interdiction boats equipped with anti-boat missile systems with an approved budget of US$191 million.

Empedrad said other projects are in the pipeline, including the upgrade of the navy’s two patrol vessels, acquisition of two submarines, and shore-based missile systems.

He said a second-hand Pohang-class corvette donated by South Korea is due to arrive next month. Empedrad said the deployment of BRP Condrado Yap and other multi-purpose attack craft of the Navy “will hasten the end of the 50-year-old (communist) insurgency problem.”

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Posted by : Nathan Gain
Nathan is based in Namur, Belgium. He holds an MA in modern history with a minor in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL – Belgium). Fascinated by military history he naturally turned to the defense sector after graduating and is particularly interested in Northern European and Belgian defense issues as well as in anything related to naval aviation.

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