Babur 1985
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
بابر [Babur] (ex-London) | C84 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 26.2.1960 | 7.12.1961 | 14.11.1963 // 22.3.1982 | training hulk 1993 |
Displacement standard, t |
5440 |
Displacement full, t |
6800 |
Length, m |
153.9 pp 158.6 oa |
Breadth, m |
16.4 |
Draught, m |
6.30 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
COSAG: 2 sets AEI geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers + 4 G6 gas turbines |
Power, h. p. |
30000+30000=60000 |
Max speed, kts |
32.5 |
Fuel, t |
oil 600 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(28) |
Armament |
1 x 2 Sea Slug SAM (36), 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (8), 2 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 helicopter (Alouette III) |
Electronic equipment |
type 965 AKE-1, type 277, type 978, type 992Q, type 901, type 903, 2x type 904 radars, type 170B, type 174, type 177, type 162 sonars, UA-8, UA-9 ECM suites, 2x Corvus decoy RL |
Complement |
470 |
Project history: Former RN County class destroyer. Classified as cruiser.
Modernizations: 1984: - 1 x 2 Sea Slug SAM, type 901 radar
late 1980s: - Alouette III helicopter, type 170B, type 174 sonars; + Sea King helicopter, type 176 sonar
Naval service: No significant events.
Babur 1982
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