Christening -

A launching ceremony for the Chamsuri-211, a new patrol boat to be deployed on the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea, was held on Thursday in a dockyard in Yeongdong District, Busan. The vessel is 44 meters (144 feet) long. It will be handed to the Navy for operational deployment in late 2017. [SONG BONG-GEUN]