Tariq-class destroyer
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Tariq |
| Operators: |
 Pakistan Navy |
| Built: | 1969–1975 |
| In commission: | 1993– |
| Active: | 5 |
| Retired: | 1[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 21 frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load |
| Length: | 384 ft (117 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 41 ft 7 in (12.67 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 13 Officers, 200 Sailors |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × Lynx HAS.3 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Landing deck and hangar |
The Tariq-class destroyers are ex-Royal Navy Type 21 frigates acquired by the Pakistan Navy from the United Kingdom in 1993-94. Although the Royal Navy classified these ships as frigates, they are classed as destroyers by the Pakistan Navy.[2]
They were bought in order to replace the Garcia and Brooke-class frigates which, due to the Pressler Amendment, Pakistan had to return to the United States at the end of their five-year lease.
The Pakistanis have tested a Camcopter S-100 helicopter Unmanned aerial vehicles from a Type 21 helideck.[3]
Ships
- Babur (ex-Amazon) Commissioned for RN into 1974 transferred to PN in 1993.
- Shah Jahan (ex-Active) Commissioned into RN in 1977; transferred to PN in 1994.
- Tariq (ex-Ambuscade) Commissioned into RN in 1975; transferred to PN in 1993.
- Khaibar (ex-Arrow) Commissioned into RN in 1976; transferred to PN in 1994.
- Badr (ex-Alacrity) Commissioned into RN in 1977; transferred to PN in 1994; has been decommissioned.[1]
- Tippu Sultan (ex-Avenger) Commissioned for RN in 1975 transferred to PN in 1994.
References
- 1 2 Ansari, Usman (19 May 2014). "Reports: Increase in Pakistan Defense and Nuclear Budgets Likely". Defense News. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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- ↑ Camcopter S-100 – Continued Success In Shipboard Trials (PDF), Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH, 14 April 2008
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