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BRP Manuel Quezon at Sail Bunaken MaritimeFestival
Topic Started: Aug 23 2009, 01:18 AM (1,388 Views)
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A belated update, plus a video link further below the article:

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10 foreign warships enter N. Sulawesi
The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta  |  Sun, 08/16/2009 11:35 AM

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08...n-sulawesi.html

As of Sunday, a total of 10 foreign warships have entered North Sulawesi waters to join the Sail Bunaken festival, an international sea event held in Manado, North Sulawesi.

Kompas.com reported that of the 10 foreign warships, seven have entered Manado waters. They include HMS Echo H 87 from Britain, BRP Manuel L Quezon PS 70 from the Philippines, HTMS Phutthaloetla Naphalai FF 461 and HTMS Rattanakosin FS 441 from Thailand.

Three other warships are currently berthed in Bitung, North Sulawesi. They are KD Kedah 171 and KD Tunas Samudera from Malaysia, and RSS Tenacious from Singapore.

Seven more warships will enter Manado waters to join the Sailing Pass event that would be attended by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday.

The Sail Bunaken organizing committee has raised a total of 33 foreign flags at Blue Banter Manado, where the main stage for Sailing and Flying Passes is located.

"We raised all the flags of participating countries as our appreciation to their participation in this international sea event," South Sulawesi administration spokesman Roy Tumiwa told Kompas.com on Sunday.

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The Sail Bunaken 2009 ship parade page:

http://www.sailbunaken2009.com/activities.php?menu=2&act=2


Indonesia International Fleet Review 2009/Sail Bunaken Maritime Festival- video
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What is the criteria of choosing a Navy ship to participate in this event? Based on the video, there is a 19th century warship that looks like a Training ship for new sailors and our PS70 are the only ships that are very old....

Other ships were awesome and modern especially that Frigate that looks like the Lafayette class and a LPD...

Hope that on the next year event, we sent a Jacinto-class Corvette as a wake-up call for other countries that our Philippines Navy is not all-World War II ships.
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It may indeed be seemingly bad to send an old warship to such an event but take note that the vessel we sent has seen intense action that the other participants have yet to experience. This highlights what can be learned even from an old warhorse. And if they ever get into a situation like ours wherein you need to take out from retirement old vessels due to a pressing need they will have an idea how to make it battleworthy again.

I'm more of developing our own answers to our questions. If its starting from a mix of lessons derived from old WW2 war vessels and some modern ones then let's go for it.

Besides, from what I read in the web about that event the vessel we sent there was one of the most talked about and visited. It may be old and tired but as with any good soldier it can still give a good fight.
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