Tariq-class destroyer
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Tariq |
| Operators: |
 Pakistan Navy |
| Built: | 1969–1975 |
| In commission: | 1993– |
| Active: | 5 |
| Retired: | 1[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 class 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.
- ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/d-tariq.htm
- ↑ Camcopter S-100 – Continued Success In Shipboard Trials (PDF), Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH, 14 April 2008
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