The
Dutch Schelde shipyard in Vlissingen, Netherlands will build four Sigma
corvettes for the Vietnamese Navy. The first two ships will be built
in Vlissingen, and the last two will be built in Vietnam, under Dutch
supervision.
Sigma class corvettes are built to sizes ranging from 50 to 150m in
length and 9 to 15m width, addressing the whole spectrum from Offshore
Patrol Vessel (OPV), via corvette to frigate size vessels meeting a
wide range of customer demands. In fact, the class name Sigma stands
for Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach. The lead ship of
the SIGMA class was KRI Diponegoro, launched in 2004 for the Indonesian
Navy. |
Indonesia was the first customer
for the new design, ordering four 9113 class 91 meter corvettes. In 2010
Indonesia has ordered four larger vessels, the 105m’ Type 10514.
The Moroccan Navy became the second customer for this class, ordering
three frigate sized multi-mission vessels in two classes – SIGMA
Type 9813 (98m’) and the 105m’ SIGMA 10145. The first Moroccan
Sigma frigate, Tarik ben Ziyad was transferred to the Royal Moroccan Navy
on 10 September 2011. With the conclusion of the Vietnam, Schelde will
win its third international customer for this class.
From: http://nosint.blogspot.com/2011/10/vietnam-negotiate-buying-four-sigma.html |
