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PAKISTAN NAVY (PAKISTAN)

TORPEDO SHIPS

TARIQ destroyers (1945-1949/1977-1983)

Tariq 1980

Alamgir 1990

Nazim 1995

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
طارق [Tariq] (ex-Wiltsie), 1.1990- ناظم [Nazim] D165, 1.1990- D156   Federal, Kearny, USA 13.3.1945 31.8.1945 12.1.1946 // 29.4.1977 MSA 1.1990, stricken 1993
تیمور [Taimur] (ex-Epperson) D166   Federal, Kearny, USA 20.6.1945 29.12.1945 19.3.1949 // 29.4.1977 stricken 1998
توگھریل [Tughril] (ex-Henderson), 1998- ناظم [Nazim] D167, 1998- D156   Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA 27.10.1944 28.5.1945 4.8.1945 // 30.9.1980 MSA 1998, stricken 10.2010
تیپپو سلطان [Tippu Sultan], 1993- ناظم [Nazim] D168, 1993- D156   Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA 10.5.1945 21.11.1945 27.4.1946 // 30.9.1980 MSA 1993, stricken 1998
عالمگیر [Alamgir] (ex-Cone) D169, 1988- D160   Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA 30.11.1944 10.5.1945 18.8.1945 // 1.10.1982 stricken 1998
شاہ جہاں [Shah Jahan] (ex-Harold J. Ellison) D170, 1988- D164   Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA 3.10.1944 14.3.1945 18.12.1946 // 1.10.1983 for disposal 1994

 

Displacement standard, t

2425

Displacement full, t

3460

Length, m

116.6 wl 119.0 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

4.40 mean 5.80 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

oil 600

Endurance, nm(kts) 4800(15)

Armament

1 õ 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226, SPS-10B, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23D sonar, WLR-1 ECM suite, 2x Shield decoy RL

Complement

310

Project history: USN Gearing class destroyers, undergone FRAM I modernization.

Modernizations: 1987-1989, Alamgir, Taimur, Tughril: - 1 x 2 - 127/38, WLR-1 ECM suite; + 2 x 3 Harpoon SSM (6 RGM-84A), 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 4 - 14.5/93, 1 helicopter (Alouette III), APECS II ECM suite

late 1980s, all: + T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

1990, Nazim; 1993, Nazim: - 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (launcher was remained but non-operational), 1 x 2 - 127/38, 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, SQS-23D sonar (remained but non-operational), WLR-1 ECM suite, 2x Shield decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy; + 4 x 4 - 14.5/93, APECS-II ECM suite

1998, Nazim: - 2 x 3 Harpoon SSM, 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR, 1 x 6 - 20/76, 2 x 2 - 20/70, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 helicopter (helicopter deck remained), SQS-23D sonar (remained but non-operational), 2x Shield decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy; + 2 x 4 - 14.5/93

Naval service: Three ships successively became flagships of Maritime Security Agency carrying one number and one name.

Nazim 2003

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