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Pictured here is Peruvian Navy corvette BAP , which was handed over in South Korea on 26 November 2021. Guise The Peruvian Navy took delivery of its new corvette BAP on 26 November. Guise , the former Republic of Korea Navy's (RoKN's) Po Han.
Indonesia engages German, Turkish firms to customise frigate design
20 April 2021
by Ridzwan Rahmat
Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL has engaged German naval consultancy, MTG Marinetechnik, and Turkish engineering firm FIGES AS, to customise the design of a new frigate class that it will be constructing for the Indonesian Navy.
PT PAL has engaged consultants to customise a derivative of Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt frigate, of which the first-of-class is seen here, for Indonesian Navy requirements. (Guy Toremans)
According to a statement released by the defence ministry on 31 March, the frigate design is one that has been offered by Babcock, which implies that the design consultancy services pertain to the Indonesian Navy’s (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL’s) follow-on Martadinata-class frigates. As