Myanmar Navy Holds Commissioning Ceremony for 5 New Patrol Boat Built in the Country

28 Desember 2023

The commissioning ceremony of new warships include two 33 meters coastal combatant ships, two 27 meters Super Dvora patrol boat and one river patrol boat ; one large patrol combatant ships and two coastal combatant ships also handed over to Myanmar Coast Guard (all photos : Tatmadaw)

76th anniversary ceremony of the establishment of the Myanmar Navy at Pier No. 3, Yangon Naval Base on December 24, 2023, a commissioning ceremony was held for 5 newly built patrol boats of various types in the country. It consists of two coastal patrol boats UMS (427) and UMS (428), two Super Dvora Mk3 patrol boats, boat numbers 277 and 278, and one new river patrol boat built by Thanlyin Naval Dockyard, Myanmar.

Super Dvora, a fast patrol boat, which Burma has received a domestic production patent from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), and coastal patrol boats No. 427 and 428, as well as new river patrol boats. It is equipped with a Remote Controlled Weapon Station (RCWS) turret with 25, 14.5mm and 12.7mm machine guns, designed and manufactured by the Department of Defense Industry (DI), Burma (likely based on the Typhoon RCWS Israel turret).

At the same ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of the Burmese Navy. The Myanmar Coast Guard has also received one large gun patrol boat, boat number P211, and coast patrol boats, boat numbers P414 and P415, which were formerly stationed in the Burmese Navy, which invited Vice Senior General Soe Win, Deputy Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC), Deputy Commander of the Burmese Armed Forces (Myanmar Armed Forces, Tatmadaw) and Commander of the Burmese Army (Myanmar Army). Co-chairing the ceremony as well as Admiral Moe Aung, Commander-in-Chief of the Burmese Navy. A group of senior military officers and their wives Including guests from various sectors participated in the ceremony. Visit the newly commissioned patrol boat Receive souvenirs and take group photos together Senior Deputy General Soe Win said during the ceremony that the Burmese Navy has stepped into a Three-Dimensional Combat Ready Navy that will fully protect Burma's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Including plans to build large patrol boats and logistics ships.

Senior Deputy General Soe Win also emphasized the importance of the Burmese Navy's mission to provide logistics to Burma Army soldiers and Burmese government agencies in Rakhine state. More than 49 Burmese Navy ships have so far transported more than 9,000 tonnes of equipment and supplies in support of the counter-insurgency and anti-junta rebellion since last month's coup against the elected civilian government, February 2021.

The Arakan Army (AA) operates in Rakhine State, in western Burma. It is part of a coalition of ethnic armed forces that launched a major counteroffensive by various ethnic armed groups from October 27, 2023, known as Operation 1027. The Arakan Army has captured many of the Burmese Army's bases and key urban areas. The land area has the Arakan Yoma mountain range separating it from the inner Burmese region. Supplying power to the main cities of Rakhine State must therefore pass through the sea route adjacent to the Bay of Bengal in the Andaman Sea.

(AAG)