PNS Khaibar (D-183)

For other ships with the same name, see PNS Khaibar.

PNS Khaibar (DDG-183) (first vessel on bottom on the left) assemble in a formation led by the German frigate Augsburg participating in the Combined Task Force-150 in the Indian Ocean in 2004.
History
Pakistan
NamePNS Khaibar
NamesakeBattle of Khaybar[1]
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland
Laid down4 December 1971
Launched5 February 1974
Acquired1 March 1994
Recommissioned26 June 1994
HomeportNaval Base Karachi
IdentificationPennant number: DDG-183
FateSunk as a target during SEASPARK-2022 naval exercise.[2][3]
General characteristics
Class and typeTariq-class frigate
Displacement3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load
Beam41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Decks09
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement192, 14 officers, 178 enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and hangar

PNS Khaibar (DDG-183) was a Tariq-class destroyer of the Pakistan Navy between 1994 and 2022.[4]

Prior to be commissioned in the service of the Pakistan Navy in 1994, she served in the Royal Navy, formerly designated as HMS Arrow as a general purpose frigate.[5] The modernization and midlife upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi reclassified her status as guided missile destroyer.[6]

Service history

Acquisition, construction, and modernization

Designed and constructed by the Yarrow Shipbuilders, Ltd. at Glasgow in Scotland, she was laid down on 28 September 1972, and was launched on 5 February 1974.[5] She commissioned on 29 July 1976 in the Surface Fleet of the Royal Navy as HMS Arrow.[5] During her service with the Royal Navy, she was notable for her wartime operations during the Falklands War with Argentina.[7]

On 1 March 1994, she was purchased by Pakistan after the successful negotiation with the United Kingdom and sailed from the Port of Plymouth to the Port of Karachi, arriving on 26 June 1994.[8]

Upon arriving in Karachi, she underwent an extensive modernization and a mid-life upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi in 1998–2002.[5]

She was named after the battle of Khaybar in Medina in the year 628,[9] and was commissioned on 1 March 1994.[9][10]

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.[11]

References

  1. ^ "PNS Tariq". www.paknavy.gov.pk. ISPR Navy. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Twitter message".
  3. ^ "Pakistan sinks third ex-Royal Navy Type 21 frigate in live fire drill". defbrief.com. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ WebDesk, staff reporter (14 January 2018). "Pakistan Navy ships join 50th independence celebrations of Mauritius". News International. News International. News International. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "PNS Tariq (F181) Guided-Missile Destroyer Warship - Pakistan". www.militaryfactory.com. military factory. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Captain Paul Bootherstone obituary". The Guardian. 9 April 2001.
  8. ^ Summary of World Broadcasts: SWB.. Asia-Pacific. Weekly economic report. BBC Monitoring. 1994. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  9. ^ a b "25th Destroyer Squadron". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Pakistan Navy Official Website. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Pakistan navy Frigate in Dubai". The Nation. The Nation. Retrieved 20 November 2018 – via PressReader.
  11. ^ "CTF 151 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FOCUSED COUNTER PIRACY OPERATION HAMAD". Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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