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Thursday, December 18, 2008

UAE’s ‘pocket warship’ nears completion

At the Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) yard in Musaffah, business has never been better.

The largest building and repair yard for the region’s navies has cut the first ribs of steel for its fifth Baynunah-class vessel, a 72-metre corvette on order by the UAE Navy.

On a recent morning, crews of welders, pipe fitters and fabricators were busy erecting the “pocket warships” under various stages of construction.

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