May 21 2019
The Dutch Damen Shipbuilding Group has launched the first of two corvettes being built for the Pakistani navy at its shipyard in Galati, Romania, reports the News International (Karachi).
The unnamed 2,300-ton corvette entered the water for the first time during a ceremony on May 17.
Pakistan ordered the corvettes in June 2017, with the first ship slated to enter service by the end of 2019, reported Jane's Defence Weekly. The second is to be delivered in mid-2020, according to the...
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