PNS Tabuk — reliving past history
National
December 21, 2020
PNS Tabuk, manufactured for Pakistan by the Dutch ship manufacturing company M/s Damen Shipyards, which built the corvette at its yard in Galati in Romania, has been inducted into the Pakistan Navy (PN) fleet.
M/s Damen signed the contract with Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence Production for two multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), for PN on 30th June 2017 following a tender process. The facility has built nearly 40 vessels for the defence and security division, including the last seven complex naval vessels for the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Stefan cel Mare offshore patrol vessel, the flagship of the Romanian Border Police.