The Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group of China has launched the lead boat of a new class of diesel-electric attack submarines ordered by the Pakistan Navy. The future PNS Hangor and another three sister submarines will be built in China while the remaining four boats will be constructed in...
Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania has launched the final one of four Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) ordered by the Pakistan Navy. Like its sisters, the future PNS Yamama is being built as a multi-purpose surface combatant that is also equipped to carry a helicopter, an unmanned aerial...
Pakistan’s Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works recently laid the keel of the sixth Hangor-class diesel-electric attack submarine ordered by the Pakistan Navy. This submarine and another three will be the only four boats of the Hangor-class to be built in Pakistan. The remaining four submarines,...
The Pakistan Navy has placed a new ASD harbour tug to provide towing and ship handling support for the service’s other surface vessels. PNT Bholu was built by local company Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works in partnership with UK-based the Tor Group to a design by Scottish naval architecture...
The Royal Canadian Navy acquires a new large patrol ship as a future surface combatant for the Pakistan Navy hits the water. The US Navy places an order for three new steel-hulled landing craft. Finally, a UK firm introduces a new class of unmanned surface vessel for naval use. Royal Canadian Navy takes delivery of […]
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Formed in 1947, the Pakistan Navy (PN) is tasked primarily with the protection of Pakistan’s sea lines of communication, support of Islamabad’s maritime policies, providing a submarine-based second strike capability, multinational task force operations, and carrying out humanitarian missions. It also carries out regular defence diplomacy visits, particularly to fellow Islamic nations. The PN includes […]
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The Estonian Navy welcomes a hybrid patrol boat into service while the Royal Canadian Navy’s newest offshore patrol ship is nearing delivery. The US Navy names a future ..
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The US Navy gradually expands its surface warship fleet with new deliveries while testing continues on a naval patrol vessel for Australia. A Pakistani yard lays the keel ..
Deliveries include patrol boats to the Port of Antwerp and the Lithuanian border guard and a corvette for Qatar. A new French Navy support ship is undergoing sea trials a ..
The Indian Ocean features numerous trade routes, is ringed by naval bases, and is the stage for many maritime operations and exercises involving assets from a range of na ..
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