Nigeria gets new OPV

on November 11, 2016

More toys for the Nigerian Navy

Second P18N offshore patrol vessel arrives in Nigeria

Mrityunjoy Mazumdar

The Nigerian Navy’s second Chinese-built 95.5 m-long P18N offshore patrol vessel (OPV) NNS Unity (F 92) arrived in Nigeria on 4 November.

Nigerian Navy spokesman Commodore Christian Ezekobe was quoted as saying that Unity “will consolidate on the successes being recorded in the fight against piracy, maritime crime, and other illegalities in our maritime domain up to the Gulf of Guinea.

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Source: janes.com

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