Specification
- Name: LE QUY DON
- Class: A
- Nationality: Vietnam
- Year built: 2015
- Rig: Barque 3
- Entered by: Vietnamese Navy
About
Biography
Le Quy Don, is the first ever sail training ship of the Vietnamese Navy. She is named after a Vietnamese scientist, writer, and famous poet of the 18th century.
She is 67 m long designed by CHOREN company (Poland), the construction almost completed on the Polish private shipyard Marine Projects Ltd in Gdansk under the supervision of Polski Holding Obronny and Polish Defense Industry, according orders of the Naval Academy in Nha Trang Vietnam.
The ship was laid down in the yard Marine Projects Ltd July 2, 2014 and launched on June 1, 2015 in the period the ship is in the stage of completion to prepare the commissioning and handover as well as training for Vietnamese crew. Time of delivery is expected in August 2015.
