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Sep 19, 2026
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
The incident occurred late Tuesday evening in the North Arabian Sea when the PNS Hunain collided dangerously with the INS Kolkata.
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
The Pakistani naval ship, built by Damen Shipyards in Romania, was commissioned in July 2024.
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
The INS Kolkata issued repeated warnings to the approaching Pakistani vessel.
Keshav PadmanabhanHOST
Towards the end of the encounter, the PNS Hunain attempted a close-range maneuver, which resulted in the collision, as reported by The Print.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
PNS Hunain is a guided missile corvette.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
It was designed by the Dutch, by a Dutch company called Damen, D-A-M-E-N. Damen is a big shipbuilder with thirty-five shipyards across the world.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
They built it at their shipyard at Galati in Romania.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
They built four of these for Pakistan Navy.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
Initially thought of as offshore patrol vessels, but the Pakistanis are using them as guided missile corvettes.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
Because what we have at hand with us right now, that is PNS Hunain, that is from the Batch II of the initial Yarmook design or the Damen OPV 2600 design.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
Batch II is bigger.
Shekhar GuptaHOST
It's about five meters bigger than Batch I. Batch I has the original Pakistani ship of the same series.
Snehesh Alex PhilipGUEST
So what exactly is PNS Hunain? PNS Hunain is one of Pakistan Navy's newer offshore patrol vessels.
Snehesh Alex PhilipGUEST
It was built by the Damen Shipyards in Romania and commissioned in 2024.
Snehesh Alex PhilipGUEST
The vessel is based on the Damen's OPV 2600 design and is around 98 meters long.
Snehesh Alex PhilipGUEST
It is designed for maritime surveillance, security, and extended patrol operations, and can operate a helicopter and unmanned aerial systems.