Turkish Dearsan Lays Keel Of First Of Two OPVs For Nigeria

Turkish Dearsan Shipyard laid the keel of the first of two high-endurance offshore patrol vessels (HE OPV 76) for the Nigerian Navy during a ceremony held at Dearsan's facilities in Istanbul on September 16, 2022.



The ceremonial keel-laying of the first of two 76-meter patrol vessels being designed and built by Dearsan Shipyard for the needs of the Nigerian Navy took place today (Sept. 16) in Tuzla, Istanbul, in the presence of distinguished guests.

Nigerian Defense Minister Bashir Salihi Magashi was the chief guest at the event, Turkish Navy Commander Admiral Ercument Tatlioglu, Turkish Deputy Defense Minister Muhsin Dere, Nigerian Navy Commander Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu GAMBO, and Dearsan Shipyard President attended the ceremony.



Dearsan Shipyard has inked a deal with Nigeria to build two offshore patrol vessels for the Nigerian Navy on October 03, 2021. The keel-laying ceremony marked the beginning of the construction of the vessels, which are expected to be delivered within 37 months, according to the previous statements of the company officials.

Procurement of the HE OPV 76s represents an important milestone in the Nigerian Navy’s fleet renewal push toward implementing its 2021-2030 Strategic Plan. According to the statements of the Chief of the Nigerian Navy in October 2021, these OPVs will be capable of carrying out maritime interdiction operations, surveillance, and special forces operations, as well as providing naval fire support to land forces, which will help to sustain the Nigerian Navy’s operational engagements on an upward trajectory.


About HE OPV-76

The HE OPV -76 has an overall length of 76.90 meters, a beam of 11.90 meters and a displacement of 1,100 tons, according to the video released by the company. The vessel will be operated by 47 personnel and have a range of 2500 nautical miles at the economical speed. HE OPV 76 will be able to stay at sea for 16 days.

The ship has a flight deck that can house a single helicopter but no hangar. The main engines are four MAN 18VP185 diesel engines with a top speed of 28kt.

The main gun of the ship will be the 40-millimeter MARLIN gun of Leonardo and will be armed with the Aselsan’s 30-millimeter SMASH at the stern of the ship. The ship will also be equipped with two Aselsan 12.7 mm RWS STAMP.

The Turkish company HAVELSAN will supply the ADVENT combat management system for the new OPVs, and the operator consoles will be supplied by another Turkish company, YALTES. The sensor suit of the new OPVs consists of the 2D surface search radar from the Italian company GEM Elettronica and the fire control system EO.

The HE OPV-76s will carry 2 RHIBs for relevant operations.

Quintopia:
The Nigerian Navy is not just an importer of warships by the way.

It is a rising manufacturer of warships in its own right, as seen by a few recent releases:

Made in Nigeria


Made in Nigeria


What the navy needs to do now regarding their imported ships is to reverse engineer them, and produce them locally, and export to other nations.

silverlinen:
Damnnn
When are we going to build an aircraft carrier?
When are we going to have military and naval bases in neighboring countries?
We should aspire for bigger achievements, not necessarily little things like this.

blackboy:
Good but I hope no be lemon

Ventura1:
I'm not always comfortable when other countries build things for us, it is not development.

Quintopia:
The Nigerian Navy is not just an importer of warships by the way.

It is a rising manufacturer of warships in its own right, as seen by a few recent releases:

Made in Nigeria


Made in Nigeria


What the navy needs to do now regarding their imported ships is to reverse engineer them, and produce them locally, and export to other nations.

DaddyFreeze2020:


That's how China became a leading manufacturer in the World today.
Until we elect a Government that believes in local manufacturing of products.

LiveWithIt:
This is it, only tinubu will ever be able to achieve things like this in this great Nation, not one lie lie thief, who left his city to live in Tinubu's lagos...

I didn't mention name of the lie lie person but wait and see how zombie will flood my mention

Sixfiguresmart:

Look at what you want Nigeria to be like

olorun maje

b0rn2fuck:
We should build our own and rely on it. All errors,pros and cons and secret will only be known by us, depending on other country building is like hiding under their shadow as shield

LiveWithIt:

Olorun tiije

Sixfiguresmart:
Check your liver after 8 years of tinubu. Did you see the man who trekked for Buhari? He is so black now that the latest iphone camera cannot capture the location of his nose and eyes on his face. He is still trekking with an APC coffin on his head.

LiveWithIt:

Every man should speak for himself, let learn to see the good things also, I know what am saying

Sixfiguresmart:
Tell me the good, Sir.

Only if this sick old drug barron had let Osinbajo run