Keel laying ceremony of third Milgem Class Corvette held at Karachi Shipyard.
Thats true, for normal operation you need much more crew than being trained in Turkey. Its also important that they sail in different waters in weather conditions to acquaint themselves with behaviors of ship and its equipment as well as incorporate new tactics / changes in existing plans. Then crew being trained will be bare minimum and ultimately you need crew for four ships. These ships are not replacing old ships which will merit increase in PN's authorized manpower, which means fresh recruits will be recruited (who require training) and officers and sailors of different seniority will be transferred from different establishment to new ships who also require training. Finally crew in Turkey are master trainers. Its not a video game where one learns few controls and there you go in fact its a whole chain.Brother Pakistani naval crews have been in Turkey for the last several years receiving training....
From the official picture its confirm it is 2800 ton light frigates/corvettes having land attack or anti ship cruise missile and for self defense 21 cell VLS .
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when did they cut the steel for the 3rd?
the steel for the 2nd was cut back in June 2020? keel yet to be laid
and here the keel for the 3rd is already laid ?
https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/the-steel-cutting-ceremony-for-3rd-pn-milgem-4164wait a minute
when did they cut the steel for the 3rd?
the steel for the 2nd was cut back in June 2020? keel yet to be laid
and here the keel for the 3rd is already laid ?
so istanbul shipyard has 2 x MILGEN under construction?
1st Keel laying of MILGEM 04 June 2019so istanbul shipyard has 2 x MILGEN under construction?
if so when did they start the second
Currently there are only 2 Milgem Corvettes which are under construction in Turkey and in Pakistan simultaneously i.e. 1st one and 3rd one respectively (or second in terms of construction sequence). Those corvettes which we will get from Turkey are shown with different VLS arrangement then the one under construction in Pakistanso istanbul shipyard has 2 x MILGEN under construction?
if so when did they start the second
Source LinkAccording to the production process calendar shared by the main contractor of the project, Military Factory and Shipyard Management Inc. (ASFAT), the first ship will be completed in the T0+54th month in Turkey, the second ship in the 60th month in Pakistan, the third ship in the 66th month in Turkey, and the last ship in the 72th month in Pakistan. There will be a 6-year time difference between the construction of the first ship and the delivery of the fourth ship. The last frigate of the Jinnah Class will be delivered at Karachi in 2025 and will enter the Pakistan Navy inventory.
Source LinkAccording to the final agreement, two ships will be built in Istanbul and two others in Karachi. Two corvettes will join to the inventory of Pakistan Naval Forces in 2023 and the remaining two in 2024.