PNS Tippu Sultan (D-185)
PNS Tippu Sultan in the Indian Ocean in 2006. | |
| History | |
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| Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Tippu Sultan |
| Namesake | Tipu Sultan |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland |
| Laid down | 30 October 1974 |
| Launched | 19 July 1978 |
| Recommissioned | 23 September 1994 |
| In service | 1994–2020 |
| Out of service | 1 April 2020 |
| Homeport | Naval Base Karachi |
| Identification | Pennant number: D-185 |
| Fate | Expended as a target 27 April 2020 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Tariq-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load |
| Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
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| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 192, 14 officers, 178 enlisted: contents |
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| Aircraft carried |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
PNS Tippu Sultan (DDG-185), a Tariq-class destroyer, served in the Pakistan Navy after it was acquired in 1994. Her design was based on the British Type 21 frigate, and previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Avenger as a general purpose frigate.
In 1998–2008, the extensive engineering modernization and midlife upgrade program by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works at the Naval Base Karachi reclassified her status as guided missile destroyer.