NAVAL NEWS MAY 2023

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According to a tweet published by PT Pal on May 17, 2023, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral TNI Muhammad Ali, has officially named the 5th and 6th 60m Fast Attack Craft (KCR) of PT PAL Indonesia. The ceremony took place at the West Peninsula Dock, General Engineering Division, where the two 60m KCRs were formally christened KRI Kapak-625 and KRI Panah-626.

According to a PR published by Fincantieri on May 16, 2023, the delivery of the corvette “Semaisma”, the fourth and last of the Al Zubarah-class ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard.

According to information published by the US DoD on May 8, 2023, Spanish Navy Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate ESPS Blas de Lezo (F103) fired a Harpoon missile during a scenario involving a coordinated attack with a maritime patrol aircraft to counter a surface target in support of exercise Formidable Shield 2023 in the Norwegian Sea.

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