Navantia has launched the seventh corvette built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces at its shipyards in the Bay of Cádiz. The ship, to be named Neom , is the second in the batch contracted in 2025, following the five units built between 2019 and 2024.

The ceremony was presided over by the Chief of Staff of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Vice Admiral Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Ghuraybi, and Navantia’s Chairman, Ricardo Domínguez, with the attendance of Her Highness Princess Haifa bint Abdulaziz Al Muqrin, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom of Spain. Following the opening of the event, verses from the Quran were recited, after which the speeches commenced.

Vice Admiral Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Ghuraybi highlighted that the ship will carry a name that is one of the flagship projects of Saudi Vision 2030 and reflects the ambition of an entire Kingdom.…