Vietnamese Naval Exercise 2019 in Hi-Res Pic

17 Februari 2021

Vietnamese Naval Exercise 2019 (photo : VPN)

Heres a higher-resolution photo of the VPN's 162nd Brigade during 2019 exercises was recently published by the online newspaper of the Vietnam People's Navy. Listed in order as seen here:

- 4 Project 11661 'Gepard 3.9'-class frigates:

Ship #15 - Trần Hưng Đạo

Ship #11 - Đinh Tiên Hoàng

Ship #12 - Lý Thái Tổ

Ship #16 - Quang Trung

- 2 Project 1241.8 'Molniya'-class corvettes

- 1 BPS500-class corvette

Ship #381

- 2 Project 1241.RE 'Tarantul-I' -class corvettes

3 of the 9 vessels here were built in Vietnam while the rest were bought from foreign countries. The BPS-500 was the first Vietnamese attempt at a locally built missile warship while 6 of the VPN's 8 Molniya corvettes were license-built with Russian assistance.

On another note the Vietnam People's Navy does not use naval prefixes nor are actual names given to most ships outside of the Gepard 3.9 frigates, Kilo-class submarines, and little else. In the Vietnamese language the ships are literally addressed as "tàu" followed by their pennant number (ex: both Vietnamese Pohang-class corvettes "Tàu #20" and "Tàu #18"= Ship #20, Ship #18).

Palma CIWS of the VPN (photo : Thanh Sang)

Close-in weapon system (CIWS)

Closeup of the Palma-SU missile-gun CIWS system onboard the Đinh Tiên Hoàng (011), the first of the the 4 Gepard 3.9 frigates in service with the Vietnam People's Navy.

(VietDefense)