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Guided missile frigate PNS Zulfiquar (F251)

Guided missile frigate PNS Zulfiquar (F251) 0Guided missile frigate PNS Zulfiquar (F251) 1

Classification

Ship class:
Zulfiquar-class frigate (F-22P)
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Operator:
Pakistan NavyPakistan Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Hudong-Zhonghua ShipbuildingHudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,144 t
Length:
123.2 m
Beam:
13.8 m
Draft:
3.76 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAD
Propulsion:
  • 4 * Pielstick 16PA6STC at 5.1 MW (6,800 hp)
  • 4 * MTU diesels generator set 8V396TE54 at 680 kW (910 hp)
Speed:
29 knots
Range:
4,000 nmi (7,400 km)

Personnel

Complement:
215

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • SUR 17 / Type 517 long range radar air surveillance radar
  • SR-60 / Type 360 Radar air/surface search radar
  • KH 2007 navigation radar
  • Atlas ASO-94 Hull Mounted Sonar
  • 2 * Type 347 CIWS fire-control radar (fore and aft)
  • Type 345 SAM fire-control radar
  • CIWS electro-optical director
  • Radar warning receiver suite
  • RWD-8 intercept, NJ8I-3 jammer
  • Decoy flare, chaff launchers
Armament:
  • 1 * 76.2 mm calibre AK–176M main gun
  • 2 * Type 730B CIWS
  • 1 * 8-cell FM-90N SAM launcher
  • 2 * 4-cell C-802 SSM launchers
  • 2 * 3-cell ET-52C torpedo launchers
  • 2 * 6-cell RDC-32 anti-submarine rockets
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Harbin Z-9EC ASW helicopter

PNS Zulfiquar (FFG-251) is the lead ship of the F-22P Zulfiquar-class guided missile frigates since 2009. She was designed and constructed by Chinese firm, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai, for the Pakistan Navy. The vessel's design is primarily influenced from the Type 053H3 frigate.

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