Handsomeemmy: Here is the picture.

naptu2: NNS Andoni


https://www.nairaland.com/951813/picture-first-locallly-made-navy

naptu2: NNS Andoni


https://www.nairaland.com/951813/picture-first-locallly-made-navy

Pvt. Parts:


more like a PT-BOAT class than a war ship

naptu2:

That's exactly what it is (remember PT-109? President Kennedy's boat during the 2nd World War. It's something like that). It's civilians that call it a warship.

Pvt. Parts:


Yeah but lets give them some credit for building it. I know that in the Niger-Delta area a lot of small fabrication yards have been in existence for decades which help to service both the multi-national oil coys and local fishing industry. I hope the Navy will patronize them more in future.

Pvt. Parts:
Strategically what will have been better within the creeks would have been air boats. They are cheaper and easier to maintain and can navigate faster in low waters with vegetation encroachment.

-Mr Cork-:


...huh...Nigerian built War ship??...wit wot??...firewood?

playcharles: is this warship or warboat.... a locally made RPG will take down this mini warboat to piece were no fit witsand the current of atlantic ocean

[size=14pt]Navy arrests 15 Russians aboard ship loaded with arms and ammunition.[/size]

The Nigerian Navy is reassuring the nation that its territorial waters will be adequately protected against all forms of criminality across Nigerian waters.

As a proof of that commitment, the Navy handed over to the police 15 Russians arrested aboard a ship loaded with arms and ammunition for further investigation and possible prosecution.

The vessel was arrested on October 19, last year, at the Lagos roadstead of the nation’s waterways by personnel of the NNS Andoni for illegal entry into the nation’s waterways as well as for non-declaration of cargo and possession of a cache of arms and ammunition.

The vessel, which departed from the port of Toliara Madagascar en route Conakry in Senegal, was intercepted on Nigerian waters with about 14 assorted AK47 rifles with 3,643 ammunition and 20 Benelli MRI 20 barrel with 4955 ammunition.
The 15-man crew was formally handed over to the men of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Force Criminal and Investigation Department at the Western Naval Command (WNC), Apapa, Lagos.

The crewmembers were identified as Lopatin Alexey, Varlygin Igor, Mishin Pavel, Dmitry Bannykh, Alexander Tsarikov, Kononov Sergei and Vorobev Mikhail.
Others were Baranovskiy Nikolay, Zhelyazkov Andrey, Savchenko Sergey, Illia Shubov, Oleksiuk Stephan, Alexander Tsarikov and Korotchenko Andrey.

Overseeing the handover session, the Commanding Officer, NNS Beecroft, Commodore Martin Njoku, said the navy was releasing only the crewmembers to the police and not the vessel and ammunition.

He said: “As our constitution demands and in the spirit of inter-cooperation, we are handing over the crewmembers to the Nigeria Police to continue their investigations.
“Note that we are handing over for further investigation and necessary action because we have done our preliminary investigations where we discovered that they were carrying fire arms.”

While receiving the crewmembers, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, SFU, Bashiru Mu’azu, said the police would proceed with investigations from where the navy had stopped.

He said: “For the navy to have handed over the suspects to the police, it means the suspects have a case to answer and we will ensure that a thorough investigation is carried out.

“We will also ensure speedy and quality investigation as well as prosecution of the suspects, if need be. But for now, we will detain the Russians until we complete our investigation.

“So far, we have no clue as to the owner of the arms and ammunition or where the suspects where carrying them to but that is what we intend to find out.”
Although he refused to disclose the identity of the owner of the arms and ammunition, the vessel’s captain, Zhelyazkov Andrey, said the Russian consul was fully aware of their case.

TVC News gathered that the arrested ship was flying a Dutch Island flag when it was sighted in Lagos on October 20, 2012.
While confirming the arrest of the ship, the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda, had said the vessel entered the Nigerian waters without appropriate notifications from the naval authorities.

He said: “Part of our responsibility in Lagos area is to create a very conducive maritime space for legitimate maritime businesses to thrive.  Therefore, anytime we see something that is infringing on such an opportunity, we try to see how best we can address it.”

“The discovery of the weapons and ammunition on board is an infringement of the laws of this country.”

Information obtained from the ship’s website shows that its operation has been suspended following the arrest.

naptu2: This thread reminds me of Beaf. He made the original thread very lively a year ago.

SLIDE waxie:
RIP to the fiercest lapdog!

autumn.flower:
Coast guard boat that they are calling warship?




FYI, the word is "assembled" not made

Handsomeemmy: Here is the picture.

naptu2:

autumn.flower:
Coast guard boat that they are calling warship?




FYI, the word is "assembled" not made

dl_jbd: What does Ex ICUHNTA and NNS stand for please?

naptu2: NNS Andoni (P100) is a coastal patrol boat (that's what the P stands for). It is meant to patrol the coastline and take action against oil thieves, pirates, smugglers, militants, etc. It is not even a corvette, so you can't compare it with frigates, destroyers, etc. It is meant to do a specific job and so far it has done it well.

dominique:

then that's what it should have been referred to in the first place. topic is quite misleading and picture is disappointing (when i assumed it was a warship). looks more like a yatch

auxioneer: Yayyy!!! Was privilegded 2 be part of d building of NNS Andoni. Its cool and am sure will last for a long while