PNS Tabuk in the Gulf of Oman | |
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 | 13 February 2020 – present |
Planned | 4 |
Building | 1 |
Completed | 3 |
Active | 3 |
General characteristics (Batch-I) [1] | |
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) [2] |
Endurance | 40 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB boats |
Complement | 60+ |
Sensors and processing systems | MR-36A I-band Surface/ Air Search and Track 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. [3] The primary role of the class is to patrol the sea area.
Damen signed an agreement with Ministry of Defence Production, Pakistan on 30 June 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". [4] On 13 July 2020, PNS Yarmook was inducted into the Pakistan Navy. [5]
The keel of the first vessel of the second batch of two offshore patrol vessels (OPV) for the Pakistani Navy was laid in 2022. [6] [7] The OPVs of the second batch are larger than the first batch and based on the Damen OPV 2600 design. [8]
On 12 September 2023 PNS Hunain was launched at Damen Shipyards Galați in Romania. [9] [10]
Last corvette of the second batch (PNS Yamama) was launched on 19 February 2024 at Damen Shipyards Galați in Romania. [11]
On 20 July 2024, PNS Yarmook set sail on a maritime patrol mission to safeguard Pakistani ports and vessels amidst the Red Sea crisis. [12]
The displacement of both the vessels is 2,300 tonnes. They are designed to carry out a variety of maritime operations and are able to transport both a helicopter and a unmanned aerial vehicle. They can also carry two high-speed rigid-hulled inflatable boats of 11.5 meters (38 ft) and 6.5 meters (21 ft) simultaneously. In addition to that, they are designed to accommodate two twenty-foot equivalent units for special mission-based operations. [13]
The vessels of the second batch have a length of 98 meters (322 ft), a beam of 14.4 meters (47 ft) and a draft of 4 meters (13 ft). [14] The displacement of both vessels is approximately 2600 tonnes. [7] Besides being larger than the corvettes of the first batch, the second batch corvettes are also more heavily armed. [15]
Yarmook-class corvettes | |||||||
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Name | Pennant | Shipyard | Launched | Commissioning | Notes | ||
Batch-I | |||||||
PNS Yarmook | F-271 | Damen Shipyards Galati | 17 May 2019 [3] | 13 February 2020 [13] | Named after the Battle of the Yarmuk. | ||
PNS Tabuk [16] | F-272 | 3 September 2019 | 12 November 2020 [17] | Named after the Battle of Tabuk. | |||
Batch-II | |||||||
PNS Hunain | F-273 | Damen Shipyards Galati | 12 September 2023 [9] | 26 July 2024 [18] | Named after the Battle of Hunayn. | ||
PNS Yamama | F-274 | 19 February 2024 [19] [20] | Named after the Battle of al-Yamama |
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