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Video: Swedish Navy Iconic Visby-class Corvette Turns 20
The Swedish Navy (Svenska Marinen) celebrated last week the 20th anniversary of the launch of its iconic stealth corvette HMS Visby.
15 June 2020
The Swedish Navy (Svenska Marinen) celebrated last week the 20th anniversary of the launch of its iconic stealth corvette HMS Visby.
The keel laying ceremony of the first MILGEM type corvette for Pakistan Navy was held on June 4 at Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY), Turkey.
The former Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy Pohang-class corvette ROKS Iksan (PCC-768) will be renamed ARC Boyacรก and handed over to the Colombian Navy (Armada Nacional de la Republica de Colombia) by year-end.
The “Luxor”, the fourth and final corvette of the El Fateh-class, Gowind 2500 type corvette, was launched at the Alexandria Shipyard on Thursday, May 14, 2020. It is the third corvette of this class built in Egypt.
Spain has officially joined the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security (PESCO) European Patrol Corvette (EPC) project.
Kongsberg Maritime AS, Sensor & Robotics is celebrating the signing of a contract with Saab that will see KONGSBERG delivering its market-leading Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and diver detection sonars for the Pohjanmaa-class corvettes currently being developed by the Finnish Navy under its Squadron 2020 project.
The Project 20385 lead corvette Gremyashchy that underwent state trials with the Northern Fleet has started an inter-fleet passage, the Defense Ministryโs press office said.
An Israeli Navy (แธคeil HaYam HaYisraeli) new SA’AR-6 class corvette, likely first ship in class INS Magen, started her initial sea trials on March 10, 2020. Several ship spotters images from the Kiel area in Germany show the vessel underway under her own power.
On March 5th, in Rio de Janeiro, Emgepron, an independent state company, linked to the Ministry of Defense through the Brazilian Navy Command, and รguas Azuis, a company created by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defense & Security and Atech, signed the contract for building four state-of-the-art Tamandarรฉ Class Ships, with deliveries scheduled between 2025 and 2028.
The first Doha-class air defense corvette ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at Fincantieriโs shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia).
