On 7 April the Keel-Laying Ceremony for two Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) was held at Western Baltic Shipyard in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The ceremony was officiated by the Chief of Defence Force Vice Admiral (VADM) Aaron Beng, and attended by the Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Sean Wat and other Singaporean and Lithuanian dignitaries.