Some Updates on the Malvar-class Corvettes from the Chief of the Philippine Navy (PN), Vice Admiral Jose Ezepeleta recently, and these are:
The BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-06) will arrive early of next Month of April, 2025.
A Send Off Ceremony for the BRP Malvar and the Launching of the BRP Diego Silang (FFG-07) will made on the same Day sometime at the End of this Month of March, 2025.
MY NOTES:
It seems there is a Delay in the Delivery of the BRP Malvar, it was scheduled to be delivered this Month. But then again, as you can see from the Picture Updates on this Album, it has been changed a couple ot times in the Past.
The initial Schedule was the second Part of this Year of 2025, then moved up to March 2025, and now moved down again to April. The Contract for these two Vessels were signed in December of 2021 under the Administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Strangely I don’t remember being announced back then, it was only when the BRP Malvar was launched when they announced the Date of the Contract Signing. It seems some People were able to convince Digong to keep Things quiet back then.
Up to now the PN still has not officially announced the reclassification of these “Corvettes” into Frigates or something else, despite the Fact that its Classification Initials is now “FFG” instead of “PS”. I don’t know when they’ll do it, maybe during the Send Off.
The Jose Rizal class Frigates is using the Classification Initial of “FF”, so I wonder what “FFG” will mean officially? Hopefully not “Frigate, Guided Missile” like they do with the United States Navy (USN), because then we’d be following the USN again.
Here is the Link to the “Inquirer Plus” Website: https://plus.inquirer.net/news/navy-to-take-delivery-in-april-of-first-of-2-south-korean-made-corvettes/
SOURCE: Navy to take delivery in April of first of 2 South Korean-made Corvettes {Archived Link}