HMS Amazon (F169)
PNS Babur (D182), former HMS Amazon, 2004 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Amazon |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Laid down | 6 November 1969 |
| Launched | 26 April 1971 |
| Commissioned | 11 May 1974 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1993 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F169 |
| Motto | Audaciter (Latin: "boldly") |
| Fate | Sold to Pakistan on 30 September 1993 |
| Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Babur |
| Operator | Pakistan Navy |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1993 |
| Decommissioned | 31 December 2014 |
| 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 |
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| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 177 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Westland Lynx |
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HMS Amazon was the first Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid down at the Vosper Thornycroft shipyard in Southampton, England. The ship suffered a fire in the Far East in 1977, drawing attention to the risk of building warships with aluminium superstructure.