Five Sisters: A Multi-National Lineup of MİLGEM Variants

This photo, (click to enlarge) taken on September 9, shows five warships across three distinct MILGEM variants in different stages of construction

Number one may be a Turkish vessel, possibly an İ-Class frigate; identification is extremely difficult, as only the stern ramp for RHIB embarkation and disembarkation is visible.
Number two is the first vessel of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s LMS Batch 2 trio, KD Tunku Laksamana Abdul Jalil.
Number three is the third vessel of the Malaysian LMS Batch 2 trio, KD Tunku Osman Jewa.
Number four is the Ukrainian Navy’s second Ada-class frigate, Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky.
Number five is the second vessel of the Malaysian LMS Batch 2 trio, KD Raja Laut.

I have been to the Turkish shipyards in Tuzla, Istanbul, many times, and I must confess that I have never seen them so busy with warship construction. On the contrary, almost a decade ago, most of these yards were not particularly keen on bidding for military projects. The end users of naval construction programs were far more demanding in specific technical and quality aspects than the commercial shipowners the yards were accustomed to doing business with. Times have clearly changed.