PNS Tippu Sultan in the Indian Ocean in 2006.
History
Pakistan
NamePNS Tippu Sultan
NamesakeTipu Sultan[1]
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland
Laid down30 October 1974
Launched19 July 1978
Recommissioned23 September 1994
In service1994–2020
Out of service1 April 2020
HomeportNaval Base Karachi
IdentificationPennant number: D-185
FateExpended as a target 27 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and typeTariq-class frigate
Displacement3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load
Length384 ft (117 m)
Beam41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement192, 14 officers, 178 enlisted: contents [2]
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFlight 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.[3]

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.[4]

Service history

Acquisition, construction, and modernization

She was designed and constructed by the Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland, she was laid down on 30 October 1974, and was launched on 19 July 1978.[3] She eventually gained commissioned on 19 July 1978 in the Surface Fleet of the Royal Navy as HMS Avenger.[3] During her service with the Royal Navy, she was notable for her wartime operations during the Falklands War with Argentina.: 104 [5]

On 3 October 1994, she was purchased by Pakistan after the successful negotiation with the United Kingdom, along with PNS Shah Jahan.: 51 [6]

Upon arriving in Karachi, she underwent an extensive modernization and mid-life upgrade program by Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works at the Naval Base Karachi in 1998–2002.[3]

She was namesake after Tipu Sultan, a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore,[7] and was commissioned on 1 March 1994.[7][8]

Her wartime performance included in deployments in patrolling off the Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea as well as deploying in the Mediterranean Sea when she was part of the multinational CTF-150.[9] On 27 April 2020, the Pakistan military's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a military footage showing the Navy conducting a firing exercise that sunk the Tippu Sultan in the Indian Ocean through cruise missile firing launched from a ship and a rotary aircraft.[10][11]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "PNS Tariq". www.paknavy.gov.pk. ISPR Navy. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ^ Anwar, Dr Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. Author House. ISBN 9781467010566. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Shabbir, Usman (1 June 2003). "Tariq (Amazon) Class (TYPE 21) (DD/FF) « PakDef Military Consortium". pakdef.org. Karachi, Sindh Pak.: Pakistan Military Consortium. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. ^ "PNS Tariq (F181) Guided-Missile Destroyer Warship - Pakistan". www.militaryfactory.com. military factory. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ^ Marriott, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983, Ian Allan Publishing
  6. ^ Daily Report: Near East & South Asia. The Service. 1994.
  7. ^ a b "25th Destroyer Squadron". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Pakistan Navy Official Website. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Pakistan navy Frigate in Dubai". The Nation. The Nation. Retrieved 20 November 2018 – via PressReader.
  9. ^ "CTF 151 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FOCUSED COUNTER PIRACY OPERATION HAMAD". Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  10. ^ Editorial, Defense Brief (28 April 2020). "Pakistan sinks former Royal Navy frigate in missile firing drill". Defense Brief. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. ^ Brief News Ships Monthly July 2020 page 17

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