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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Navy releases video of sea trial of self-designed corvette


The Navy has released a video that records sea trials of the first of a locally designed stealth missile corvette as it prepares to take delivery of the vessel from a local shipbuilder.

The video was released during a media tour of Navy Headquarters in Taipei Wednesday.

Navy officials said the results of the sea trials of the 500-ton corvette -- the Tuo Jiang, or the Tuo River -- were satisfactory, praising the boat's high performance and high mobility. They noted that the corvette reached a maximum of speed of more than 38 knots during recent sea trials.

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