WATCH: State-of-the-art warship 'Tabuk' inducted into Pakistan Navy fleet

Multipurpose and highly adaptive ship is equipped with electronic warfare, anti-ship and anti-air weapons

Built in Romania, state-of-the-art ship "Tabuk" has been inducted into the fleet of Pakistan Navy, significantly amplifying capabilities of defenders of coasts of the country.

A commissioning ceremony of the ship was held at the Black Sea port of Constanta in Romania. A contract for two corvettes for Pakistan Navy was signed between Ministry of Defence Production Pakistan and M/s DAMEN, Romania, according to an official statement issued by the Pakistan Navy.

The first ship of class, PNS Yarmook was commissioned earlier this year, whereas, PNS Tabuk has also joined Pakistan Navy fleet.

Commissioning Ceremony of #PakNavy Ship TABUK held at Romania. PNS TABUK is a multipurpose & highly adaptive platform equipped with state of the art electronic warfare, anti-ship & anti-air weapons/sensors along with modern self-protection & terminal defence system. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/aIIMS6Sayn

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PNS Tabuk is a multipurpose and highly adaptive platform of medium size and tonnage. The ship is equipped with state-of-the-art electronic warfare, anti-ship and anti-air weapons and sensors along with modern self-protection and terminal defence systems.

The ship is capable to perform a variety of maritime operations in a complex maritime environment and can embark multirole helicopter and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) simultaneously.

While addressing the ceremony, Commanding Officer of PNS Tabuk, stressed upon the significance of this project and laid emphasis on the additional set of capabilities added to the Pakistan Navy sphere of operations with the induction of these potent platforms.

He further highlighted the impact of these platforms to ensure forward presence and perpetual readiness in the area of operations while being deployed on PN's initiative of regional maritime security patrols in the Indian Ocean region.

He also acknowledged the professional competence and shipbuilding acumen of DAMEN Shipyards and showed confidence in prospects of future cooperation in delivering cutting edge naval technologies to the Pakistan Navy.

The ceremony was attended by Chief Naval Overseer (Romania), ship's crew and senior management of DAMEN Shipyards, Gorinchem and Galati.