On 26 July, the Pakistan Navy (PN) announced that it took delivery of its third Yarmook-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), PNS Hunain, from Damen Group’s shipyard in Galati, Romania. As of 09 August, PNS Hunain was en-route to Pakistan from Romania. The fourth OPV is undergoing sea trials.
PNS Hunain is the first of two Yarmook-Class Batch-II ships. This pair is based on Damen’s OPV-2600 design, which is larger and more capable than the OPV-1900-based tranche already in service with the PN, i.e., PNS Yarmook and PNS Tabuk.
Construction of the Batch-II OPVs began in October 2022, with PNS Hunain beginning sea trials in September 2023, while the fourth ship was launched in February 2024.
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