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History; Philippines; Name: BRP Gabriela Silang: Namesake: María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang: Ordered: September 6, 2017: Builder: OCEA S.A., Les Sables-d'Olonne, France Cost: UNKNOWN since the ₱5.6B contract price also includes 4 units 24-m fast patrol boats + 5-yr maintenance contract instead of the usual 2 yrs [1]
BRP Diego Silang (FF-07) is the second ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Diego Silang y Andaya , a Filipino revolutionary leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule.
The Miguel Malvar-class frigate is a class of frigates designed and currently built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the Philippine Navy.It was previously known as the HDC-3100 corvette based on the company's product nomenclature system and the service's acquisition project name until it was reclassified to its current "FF" frigate designation.
Some Filipinos blamed the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the core reason but in actuality the Philippine economy grew by 5.2% in 1997, only contracted -0.6% in 1998, and then quickly rebounded 3.1% in 1999, and onwards; it even weathered the 2007–2008 financial crisis where, by 2009, most countries were on the negative while the Philippines ...
BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35) is the lead ship of the Jacinto-class corvettes currently assigned to the Offshore Combat Force of the Philippine Fleet. She is one of few ships in the Philippine Navy equipped with modern systems after the completion of combat, navigation and weapon systems upgrade of her class in August 2019. [ 4 ]
BRP Miguel Malvar (PS-19) is the lead ship of the Malvar class of corvettes of the Philippine Navy. She was originally built as USS Brattleboro PCE(R)-852 , a PCE(R)-848 -class rescue patrol craft escort for the United States Navy during World War II .
BRP Conrado Yap (PS-30) (previously PS-39) is a Pohang-class corvette currently commissioned with the Philippine Navy. She is the service' first modern corvette [3] and one of its most heavily armed units. [4] She was originally named ROKS Chungju (PCC-762) during her service with the Republic of Korea Navy. [5] [6]
It was expected to arrive in the Philippines by February 2013. [20] [21] However, further training and unspecified upgrades on the ship pushed the arrival of the BRP Ramon Alcaraz to August 2013. [22] The ship's arrival ceremony was held at Subic Harbor on August 6, 2013, led by President Aquino. [23] It was commissioned on Nov. 22, 2013. [24]