ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Public Relations of the Pakistan Navy said on Monday a state of the art Corvette vessel called YARMOOK had been inducted into the Pakistan Navy in a ceremony held at the Karachi Dockyard.

Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, was the chief guest at the ceremony, which was attended by senior naval officers. 

“Speaking at the occasion, the chief guest termed the induction event as important milestone for Pakistan Navy,” the navy said in a statement. “He added that PNS YARMOOK in Pakistan Navy fleet will significantly act as force multiplier to safeguard maritime interests of Pakistan.”

Abbasi said the ship would contribute towards achieving “sustained maritime order” through Pakistan's Navy Regional Maritime Security Patrols (RMSP) initiatives. 

Giving details of the new warship, the navy said YARMOOK was a latest warship with an “effective amalgam of weapons and sensors possessing cutting edge self-protection and terminal defence systems constructed at M/S DAMEN Shipyards, Romania.”

The ship is capable of performing a variety of naval operations and can transport helicopter and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) simultaneously. A second Corvette, PNS TABUK, is expected to join the Pakistan Navy's fleet towards the end of this year.