Saudi RSNF, Fincantieri and plans to buy logistics and landing shipsnote

Chief of Staff of the Saudi Armed Forces General Abdulrahman Bin Saleh Al-Bunyan stressed the necessity of bringing logistics and landing ships into service with the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF). This comes following his visit to Algiers where he learned more about the specifications of the Kalaat Beni Abbes landing dock ship which entered into service with the Algerian Navy last year. The following 400-word report sheds more light on the subject. Note that the Kalaat Beni Abbas ship was built by Fincantieri. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/47 – Nov. 18, 2016]