Tariq 1955
Tippu Sultan 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| تپپو سلطان [Tippu Sultan] (ex-Onslow) | D49, 4.1957- F249, 1963- F260 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 7.1940 | 31.3.1941 | 10.1941 // 30.9.1949 | stricken 1980 | |
| طارق [Tariq] (ex-Offa) | D129 | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 7/1940 | 11.3.1941 | 9.1941 // 3.11.1949 | to United Kingdom 7.1959 | |
| طغرل [Tughril] (ex-Onslaught) | D204, 4.1957- F204, 1963- F261 | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 1.1941 | 9.10.1941 | 6.1942 // 6.3.1951 | stricken 1977 |
| Data variant | as commissioned |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1550 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2430 |
|
Length, m |
100.2 pp 105.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.7 |
|
Draught, m |
4,32 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
37 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 472 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3850(20) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 18, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 271 (may be), type 272 (may be), type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar |
|
Complement |
212 |
Project history: Former RN 'O' class destroyers.
Modernizations: In 1957-1959 Tippu Sultan and Tughril were converted to type 16 frigates.
| Data variant | type 16 conversion |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1793 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2593 |
|
Length, m |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.9 |
|
Draught, m |
4.90 deep load |
|
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 |
|
Endurance, nm (kts) |
1700 (20) |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 293, type 974 radars, type 170, type 174P sonars |
|
Complement |
170 - 180 |
Naval service: Tughril was disarmed in 1977 and used as midshipmen's naval academy TS. Tippu Sultan was stricken in 1980 with her hulk being used as a work platform.
Tughril 1972
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