Nawarat-class corvette

{{short description|Class of corvettes of Myanmar Navy}}

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{{Infobox ship begin }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Nawarat class | Builders = Dawbon Government Dockyard, Yangon{{cite book|isbn=978-981-230-848-1 |title=Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948|pages=118–122|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272092747|last=Maung|first= Aung Myoe|year=2009}} | Operators = {{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of Burma (1974–1994).svg}} Myanmar Navy | Class before = | Class after = {{sclass|Anawrahta|corvette}} | Cost = | Built range = 1960 - 1961 | In commission range = October 1960 - 1990 | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 2 | Total ships completed = 2 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 2 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Ship range = | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship aircraft = | Ship armor = | Ship armour = | Ship armament = *1 × 25-pounder gun 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons | Ship EW = | Ship sensors = *2 × navigation radars | Ship complement = | Ship speed = Between {{convert|12|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} and {{convert|14|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | Header caption = | Ship propulsion = 2 × Paxman Ricardo Turbo Charge Diesel Engines | Ship draft = | Ship draught = | Ship beam = | Ship length = {{convert|50|m|abbr=on}} | Ship displacement = 410ton | Ship type = Corvette, River gunboat | Ship notes = UMS Nawarat (501) is the first indigenous corvette of Myanmar Navy }}

The Nawarat-class corvette (also N-class corvette) is a class of corvettes which was operated by the Myanmar Navy. The lead ship of the class is UMS Nawarat (501) and it was commissioned in October 1960. The second ship, UMS Nagakyay (502) was commissioned in December 1961. Both of them are built at the Dawbon Government Shipyard, Yangon, with Yugoslavian assistance.

In spite of their size, both ships were used primarily for river patrols and rarely ventured out to sea. They were each armed with one ex-Army 25-pounder field gun and a Bofors 40 mm gun purchased from Sweden and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannons which were fitted on each side of the ship.{{cite book|last=Maung|first=Aung Myoe|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272092747|title=Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948|year=2009|isbn=978-981-230-848-1|pages=118–122}}{{cite journal|url=http://sdsc.bellschool.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/2016-03/113_Transforming_the_Tatmadaw__The_Burmese_armed_forces_since_1988_%28Canberra_papers_on_strategy_and_defence%29_Andrew_Selth_207p_0731524012.pdf|title=Transforming the Tatmadaw ; The Burmese armed forces since 1988|first=Andrew|last=Selth|publisher=Australian National University,Strategic and Defence Studies Center|date=1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124083703/http://sdsc.bellschool.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/2016-03/113_Transforming_the_Tatmadaw__The_Burmese_armed_forces_since_1988_%28Canberra_papers_on_strategy_and_defence%29_Andrew_Selth_207p_0731524012.pdf|archive-date=24 November 2020|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|accessdate=24 November 2020}}{{cite journal|url=https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/118313/Regional-Outlook-Paper-49-Selth-web.pdf|title=Strong,Fully Efficience And Modern: Myanmar's New Look Armed Forces|first=Andrew|last=Selth|publisher=Griffith Asia Institute|date=2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029072541/https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/118313/Regional-Outlook-Paper-49-Selth-web.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2020|url-status=live|df=dmy-all|accessdate=29 October 2020|journal = Regional Outlook Paper|volume = 49}}