At PACIFIC 2019, the naval defense exposition held last week in Sydney, Australia, Austal unveiled the design of the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) that the local shipbuilder is currently pitching to the Philippine Navy.
French shipyard OCEA announced the successful start of sea trials for the Philippine Coast Guard’s OPV 270 offshore patrol vessel.
At PACIFIC 2019, the international maritime exposition which opened its doors in Sydney, Australia, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan unveiled two news ship designs based on their FMF frigate: Two OPV and a DDG designs.
The fifth and final new patrol ship for the Royal Navy was yesterday formally named as work on HMS Spey nears completion. The ceremony almost closes the chapter on a seven-year programme which will give the Royal Navy a flotilla of brand-new patrol ships ready for deployment around the globe – Naval News.
HMS Medway was commissioned into the Royal Navy during a ceremony at Chatham Dockyard on September 19, 2019.
The second corvette being built for Pakistan Navy was launched at M/s DAMEN Shipyard Galati, Romania, according to a video published on the PN Youtube account. The launching ceremony was attended by the PN Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Ather Mukhtar.
BAE Systems has been selected by the vessel contractor to provide the German federal police force, Bundespolizei, with three 57mm naval guns for its three new 86m Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) built by Fassmer shipyard. The gun systems, known as the Bofors 57 Mk3, will support the maritime arm of the Bundespolizei that monitors the countryโs North Sea and Baltic coastlines.
Rohde & Schwarz provides shipborne communications for line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight connectivity, supporting the future of the Royal Navy.
The second Krabi-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Royal Thai Navy (Kong Thap Ruea Thai / เธเธญเธเธเธฑเธเนเธฃเธทเธญเนเธเธข) was launched today.
Here is NavalNews.com’s sixth monthly report (July 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
