Navantia Launched Fourth Corvette For The Royal Saudi Navy

TR_123456 · Jul 26, 2021

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Navantia has launched on July 24, the fourth of the five corvettes being built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), named JAZAN as a tribute to this city in the Southwest of Saudi Arabia.

Navantia press release

The event has been attended by the Commander of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Vice-Admiral Fahad Bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily; the Admiral Chief of Staff of Spanish Navy, Admiral Antonio Martorell Lacave; the Chairwoman of Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), Belén Gualda; the Chairman of Navantia, Ricardo Domínguez; SAMI Vicepresident for Corporate Communications, Wael Alsarhan, on behalf of SAMI CEO, Eng. Walid Abukhaled, who has attended the ceremony remotely, and the Mayor of San Fernando, Patricia Cavada. The ceremony has taken place with strict sanitary protocols due to the pandemic.

The event has begun with a reading from the Holy Quran, followed by videos about the city of Jazan, about the Avante 2200 program and about the building of this corvette. Both the national anthems of Saudi Arabia and Spain have been played. The event has also included welcoming remarks from the manager of the shipyard and head of the Defence Programs in Navantia Bahía de Cádiz, José Antonio Rodríguez Poch.