Zulfiquar 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| ذولفقار [Zulfiquar] (ex-Apollo) | F262 | 1002 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 21.11.1969 | 15.10.1970 | 28.5.1972 // 14.10.1988 | stricken 2002 |
| شمشیر [Shamsher] (ex-Diomede) | F263 | 2366 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 30.1.1968 | 15.4.1969 | 2.4.1971 // 15.7.1988 | stricken 2007 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2660 |
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Displacement full, t |
3120 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.50 mean 5.50 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets White-English Electric Y-160 geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
F262: 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 9, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Alouette III) F263: 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Alouette III) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 1006, type 965 AKE-1, type 994, type 903, type 904 radars, type 170B, type 162M, type 184P sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 ECM suites, 2x Corvus decoy RL, type 182 torpedo decoy |
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Complement |
235 |
Project history: broad-beamed Leander class frigates bought from RN in 1988.
Modernizations: 1994, Zulfiquar: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, 1 x 2 - 20/70, 4 x 1 - 20/70, type 904 radar; + 3 x2 - 25/80 type 61M, nav. radar
1994, Shamsher: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, 2 x 1 - 20/70, type 904 radar; + 3 x 2 - 25/80 type 61M, nav. radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Shamser 1997
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2018