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PAKISTAN NAVY (PAKISTAN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

TAIMUR destroyers (1945-1946/1954-1958)

Shah Jehan 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
تیمر [Taimur] (ex-Chivalrous) D21   Denny, Dumbarton, UK 11/1943 22.6.1945 5/1946 // 29.6.1954 to United Kingdom 1960
عالمگیر [Alamgir] (ex-Creole) D82, 1963- D160   White, Cowes, UK 8/1944 22.11.1945 10.1946 // 29.2.1956 stricken 1982
جہانگیر [Jahangir] (ex-Crispin) D168, 1963- D162   White, Cowes, UK 2/1944 23.6.1945 7.1946 // 29.2.1956 stricken 1982
شاہ جہاں [Shah Jehan] (ex-Charity) D29, 1963- D164   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 7/1943 30.11.1944 11/1945 // 16.12.1958 stricken 1982

 

Displacement standard, t

1710

Displacement full, t

2545

Length, m

103.5 pp 110.6 oa

Breadth, m

10.9

Draught, m

4.39

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

40000

Max speed, kts

36.75

Fuel, t

oil 588

Endurance, nm(kts) 4675(20)

Armament

3 x 1 - 114/45 Mk 5, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL

Electronic equipment

type 275, type 293, Decca nav. radars, type 170, type 174 sonars

Complement

200

Project history: Former RN 'Co' and 'Cr' class destroyers, all were modernized before transfer. Alamgir and Jahangir were handed over by Pakistan Navy after modernization 18.3.1958 and 20.6.1958 respectively.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Jahangir 1977

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