Naval group announced the first Gowind corvette ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was launched on December 4th in the Naval Group Lorient shipyard in the presence of HH Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al-Nahyan, Commander of the UAE Naval Forces. The second corvette is already under construction and will be launched next year.
Naval Group, as a turn-key solution provider, will also train the UAE Navy's crew from the equipment level up to the operational level. Starting in France, this preparation will continue with team-building and practice on operational scenarios in every warfare area in the Gulf.
Alain Guillou, Naval Group Senior Executive Vice President Development, stated: "We are honoured to welcome the UAE representatives to our shipyard to attend the launching ceremony of their first Gowind corvette. These two surface combatants will provide the UAE Navy with new naval capabilities and this event marks a very important milestone for the program close to the highly symbolic day of the UAE 50th anniversary. The Bani Yas program illustrates Naval Group’s capability to deliver state of the art products to meet specific requirements of the UAE Navy thanks to the most advanced technologies of the SETIS Combat Management System".
Gowind has also been selected by two other navies and is successfully in service with the Egyptian Navy.
Gowind technical features
overall hull length: 102 m ;
overall beam: 16 m ;
displacement: 2,800 t ;
max speed: 25.5 knots ;
accommodation: 95 people ;
range: 21 days ;
propulsion: CODLOD ;
helicopter: 10-ton Class ;
UAV: S-100 type ;
RHIB: 2 x 7 m.
