&sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:US_Navy_041121-N-7469S-001_The_Pakistan_Navy_destroyer_PNS_Babur_(D_182)_operates_in_the_Persian_Gulf_as_part_of_the_Coalition_Maritime_Campaign_Plan_conducted_under_Commander_Task_Force_One_Five_Zero_(CTF-150).jpg) PNS Babur (D-182) in the Persian Gulf in 2004.
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| History | |
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 Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Babur |
| Namesake | Babur[1] |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft in England |
| Laid down | 6 November 1969 |
| Launched | 26 April 1971 |
| Acquired | 18 January 1994 |
| Recommissioned | 30 September 1993 |
| Decommissioned | December 2014 |
| In service | 1993–2014 |
| Homeport | Naval Base Karachi |
| Identification | Pennant number: D-182 |
| Status | Decommissioned—awaiting disposal.[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Tariq-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load |
| Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Beam | 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) |
| Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
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| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 192, 14 officers, 178 enlisted: contents [3] |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
PNS Babur (D-182) was a Tariq-class destroyer that served in the Surface Command of the Pakistan Navy from 1993 until being decommissioned in 2014.[4][5] Before commissioning in the Pakistan Navy, she served in the Royal Navy, formerly designated as HMS Amazon as a general purpose frigate.[6]
Upon being acquired by Pakistan in 1993, she went through a modernization and refitting program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi in 1998–2002 to be classified as destroyer.[6]
- ^ "Ex-Royal Navy vessels serving with other navies • The Military Times". The Military Times. 2 May 2018.
- ^ Anwar, Dr Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. Author House. p. 131. ISBN 9781467010566.
- ^ "Guided-Missile Destroyer Warship - Pakistan". www.militaryfactory.com. militaryfactory. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Sailing under a different flag – former Royal Navy vessels serving with other navies". Save the Royal Navy. The Type 21 Club. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ a b Shabbir, Usman (1 June 2003). "Tariq (Amazon) Class (TYPE 21) (DD/FF) « PakDef Military Consortium". pakdef.org. Karachi, Sindh Pak.: Pakistan Military Consortium. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.