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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:PNS_Tippu_Sultan_former_HMS_Avenger.jpg) PNS Tippu Sultan, former HMS Avenger
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Avenger |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 30 October 1974 |
| Launched | 20 November 1975 |
| Commissioned | 15 April 1978 |
| Decommissioned | 23 September 1994 |
| Homeport | HMNB Devonport |
| Identification | Pennant number: F185 |
| Honours and awards | Falkland Islands 1982 |
| Fate | Sold to Pakistan on 23 September 1994 |
 Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Tippu Sultan |
| Acquired | 23 September 1994 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D185 |
| Fate | Expended as a target 27 April 2020 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type 21 frigate |
| Displacement | 3,250 tons 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) official, 37 knots achievable on bursts |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Complement | 177 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Alouette III and 1 × Westland Lynx |
HMS Avenger was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position.