Jonathan commissions first locally-made warship tomorrow
On May 31, 2012 · In News
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LAGOS — History will be made tomorrow when President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan commissions the first locally made warship, NNS ANDONI, constructed by Nigerian Navy engineers.

The commissioning ceremony will take place at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The 31m Nigerian Navy Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) was conceived as a research and development project by Vice Admiral GTA Adekeye and Rear Admiral GJ Jonah who were then Chief of the Naval Staff and Chief of Naval Engineering respectively.

The vessel, which was to be designed and built locally, was patterned after the river town class patrol craft in the Nigerian Navy which include NNS YOLA and NNS BRASS, albeit with several modifications as decided by the design team.

The keel of the SDB was laid at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard by the then Chief of the Naval Staff in December 2007 while full construction commenced in January 2008.

Between January 2008 and April 2009, the structural frames and shell plating of the hull and superstructure were completed while the main propulsion and power generation plants were delivered.


NNS ANDONI, first locally-made warship constructed by Nigerian Navy engineers, to be
commissioned by President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard,
Victoria Island, Lagos, tomorrow.


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Welldone NN if they really did this themselves . . . but meh this is a boat!

Good job, but ts a gunboat nd nt a warship! But d effort is really commendable, they should not just stop here, they should build real warship that can beat US imaginations!

nateevs: Welldone NN if they really did this themselves . . . but meh this is a boat!

cogitoErgo: Good job, but ts a gunboat nd nt a warship! But d effort is really commendable, they should not just stop here, they should build real warship that can beat US imaginations!

I have to agree with the two of you. its a more of a gunboat, guess its the media that splashed the title of warship on it. I'm proud that such a thing is coming from us locally. We truly have the brains its just that we rather prefer to be dependent on imports. A scrutiny of imports to the barest minimum is part what would encourage development.

It looks good.

At least one can have some good news from this same country.

Very very exemplary.
I have maintained that there is no reason why NIger Delta ports cannot have ship building docks. a very very impressive move.

War boat, eh?

Commendale. Very commendable. Its more a boat than a ship, but dang about time we had something with ''Made in Nigeria'' on it i can be proud of. Who knows, ten, twenty years from now, we might have a real ship.

Kobojunkie: It looks good.

[size=13pt]What! Positive post on Nigeria by Kobojunkie! Much Respect Respect [/size]

[size=14pt]To Nigerian Navy, 21 Gbosas [/size]

I'll suggest just using it for play-play for now. (Far-far-far away from shoreline)

I dont think that is the first Nigeria made Navy ship. they made ship in Nigeria before.

Am impressed.
Kudos to nigerian navy engineers.

i think if nigeria has the capacity to produce such a gunboat, it also has the capacity to produce nimitz-class warships and aircraft carriers. all the nigerian navy need is encouragement from the government and nigerians, especially nairalanders

GEJ is working

Locally fabricated and put together or everything all locally made? Engines locally made?

adconline: Locally fabricated and put together or everything all locally made? Engines locally made?

No country in the world can make every single part of a gunboat or warship locally... You import some technology...