Yarmook-class corvette
Class overview | |
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Name | Yarmook class |
Builders | Damen Shipyards, Galati, Romania (Galați shipyard) |
Operators | Pakistan Navy |
In service | 2020–present |
In commission | 2017–present |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Corvette |
Displacement | 2,300 t (2,300 long tons) |
Length | 91.3 m (299 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 4 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Installed power | CODAD, 4 × Caterpillar 3516 diesel engines |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[1] |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x RIB boat |
Complement | 138 sailors |
Sensors and processing systems | MR-36A I-band surface search radar |
Electronic warfare & decoys | Decoy flare, chaff launchers |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter and 1 × UAV |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck |
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.[4] The primary role of the class is to patrol the sea area.
History[]
Damen signed an agreement with Ministry of Defence Production, Pakistan on June 30, 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".[5] On 13 July 2020, PNS Yarmook was inducted into the Pakistan Navy.[6]
Design and characteristics[]
The displacement of both the vessels is 2300 tonnes. They are designed to carry out a variety of maritime operations and are able to transport both a helicopter and a UAV. They can also carry two high-speed rigid-hulled inflatable boats of 11.5 meters and 6.5 meters simultaneously. In addition to that, they are designed to accommodate two twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) for special mission-based operations.[7]
Ships in class[]
There are two Yarmook-class corvettes in Pakistan Navy service:
Name | Pennant | Shipyard | Launched | Commissioning | Notes |
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PNS Yarmook | F-271 | Damen Shipyards Galati | May 17, 2019 [4] | February 13, 2020[8] | named after the Battle of the Yarmuk. |
PNS Tabuk | F-272 | September 3, 2019 | November 12, 2020[9] | named after the Expedition to Tabuk. |
References[]
- ^ "Pakistan Navy inducts first Yarmook-class corvette".
- ^ "Pakistan Navy commissions second and final Yarmook-class corvette".
- ^ "YARMOOK-CLASS CORVETTE (DAMEN OPV 1900)".
- ^ a b "Commissioning ceremony of Offshore Patrol Vessel PNS 'YARMOOK'". www.damen.com. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Pakistan Navy inducts Damen-built corvette PNS Yarmook". Gulf News. 14 July 2020.
- ^ "Commissioning ceremony of Offshore Patrol Vessel PNS 'YARMOOK'". www.damen.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Commissioning ceremony of Offshore Patrol Vessel PNS 'YARMOOK'". www.damen.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Vavasseur, Xavier (13 November 2020). "Pakistan Navy Commissions Second Yarmook-class Corvette". Naval News. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- Ships of the Pakistan Navy
- Corvettes
- Damen Group