054/A FFG Thread II
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asif iqbal
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'MALPAK IV' – Pakistan, Malaysia hold joint naval exercise
Pakistan Navy's Tughril class frigate (PNS Taimur) and Royal Malaysian Navy's Lekiu class frigate
6 Aug, 2022
The newly commissioned Pakistan Navy Ship TAIMUR visited Naval Base Lumut, Malaysia during return passage from China to Pakistan.Upon arrival at port, PN Ship was received by Defence Attaché of Pakistan at Kuala Lumpur Cdre Nasir Mahmood and senior officials from Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). On this occasion, the military band of Malaysia played tunes as part of welcome gesture.
The visit of PNS TAIMUR included harbour and sea phases. In harbour phase table top discussions on professional matters and bilateral interactions with military leadership were held. Afterward at sea, bilateral naval exercise MALPAK-IV was organised to enhance interoperability between the two navies.
During the port visit, the Commanding Officer PNS TAIMUR, Captain Yasir Tahir called on Deputy Western Fleet Cdr of RMN and CO KD SULTAN IDRIS I. During the interactions, matters of mutual interest and bilateral cooperation were discussed. On the occasion Commanding Officer of PN ship conveyed well wishes from Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi for the people of Malaysia in general and Malaysian Navy in particular.
Officers of RMN and diplomatic corps in Kuala Lumpur visited onboard PNS TAIMUR. Visiting dignitaries were briefed about Pakistan Navy initiative of Regional Maritime Security Patrol in Indian Ocean Region. PN Officers also visited RMN training facilities and ship KD JEBAT.
Visit of Pakistan Navy Ship to Malaysia and participation in naval drill provided an opportunity for both friendly countries to further enhance the existing close diplomatic ties and cordial relations.
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PLANS Ziyang (资阳), the #31 of all 054As and first vessle of the fifth batch, entered service.
Discussion in other Chinese military forum indicates that this vessle could finally be #38 in sequence since the launching of the Hudong vessel which was known as #38 before may be postponed for weeks due to the recent COVID19 endemic in Shanghai.
In July 13 there was a photo of the Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard leaked below with two Type 054A vessels at a stage just before launching.
The one on the right may be the one I mentioned above, perhaps the #38 of the class.
And the one on the left could be #39 (or #40 if Shanghai Hudong Shipyard would launch one before her ceremony).
In a photo leaked recently, there were again two vessels in the same shipyard.
But this time the one in the right was in an much earlier stage of construction.
So I guess they were #39 on the left and a new #40 on the right, while #38 was already launched.
May there be something new to be discovered.
Wait, they're launching the 10th vessel of the new batch already? That's incredible fast
Yes. Although it's a bit confusing to distinguish, there had been at least seven vessels launched by May 13 and one of them commissioned.
With the vessles in Huangpu and Hudong shipyards by now, there would be at least 10 or 11 vessles for PLAN in this batch witnessed, and maybe more.
It's rumored to be twenty vessles in this batch for PLAN and four for Pakistan Navy, while the latter ones were all lauched and two of them already delivered to PN.