Navy of the Armed Forces of Montenegro has significantly enriched its capacities with the conversion of a gunboat into a patrol boat, said the Minister of Defense, Predrag Bošković.
The Minister visited the Navy, together with the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Force of Montenegro, Brigadier general, Dragutin Dakić.
The motive for this visit was the presentation of the capacities of the new patrol boat.
Minister Bošković said that this was just the first boat to be reconstructed for the Navy. Very soon, gunboat 406 will also be converted. The works will be completed in April.
Captain of the frigate, Jusuf Januz, informed the guests from the Ministry and the General Staff about the performances of the new patrol boat.
“The boat is 45 meters long, 12 meters high and 8 meters wide. The special attention during the reconstruction was given to the security. Therefore, motors have been completely changed; the boat is new, lifts are new, the navigation equipment as well”.
Minister Bošković said that they had enhanced the capacities of the Navy and the Armed Forces of Montenegro. The boat will take part in the big military training Adrion Arex whose host this year will be Montenegro.
Text by CDM on March 15, 2019, read more at CDM
