HMS Alacrity (F174)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Alacrity
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Commissioned	2 July 1977
Decommissioned	1 March 1994
Identification	Pennant number: F174
Motto	Adjuvero propero; (Latin: "I hasten to help");
Fate	Sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994
Pakistan
Name	PNS Badr
Commissioned	1 March 1994
Decommissioned	April 2013
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class & type	Type 21 frigate
Displacement	3,250 tons full load
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion	COGOG:; 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines; 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines for cruising;
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,000 nautical miles at 17 knots (7,400 km at 31 km/h); 1,200 nautical miles at 30 knots (2,220 km at 56 km/h);
Complement	177
Armament	RN:; 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 4 × MM38 Exocet missiles; 1 × quadruple Sea Cat SAMs; 2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes; 2 × Corvus chaff launchers; 1 × Type 182 towed decoy; Pakistan:; 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 1 × Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 4-cell Harpoon SSM launchers; 2 × triple STWS-1 torpedo launchers (for Mk 46 torpedoes); 2 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers; 1 × Type 182 towed decoy;
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Lynx

HMS Alacrity was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.

Alacrity was active during the Falklands War of 1982, where she sank a supply ship, survived Exocet-missile attacks and rescued men from the Atlantic Conveyor. She was transferred to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 and renamed PNS Badr.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Alacrity
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Commissioned	2 July 1977
Decommissioned	1 March 1994
Identification	Pennant number: F174
Motto	Adjuvero propero (Latin: "I hasten to help")
Fate	Sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994
Pakistan
Name	PNS Badr
Commissioned	1 March 1994
Decommissioned	April 2013
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class & type	Type 21 frigate
Displacement	3,250 tons full load
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion	COGOG: 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines for cruising
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,000 nautical miles at 17 knots (7,400 km at 31 km/h) 1,200 nautical miles at 30 knots (2,220 km at 56 km/h)
Complement	177
Armament	RN: 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × MM38 Exocet missiles 1 × quadruple Sea Cat SAMs 2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes 2 × Corvus chaff launchers 1 × Type 182 towed decoy Pakistan: 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × 4-cell Harpoon SSM launchers 2 × triple STWS-1 torpedo launchers (for Mk 46 torpedoes) 2 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers 1 × Type 182 towed decoy
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Lynx