PNS Munsif (M166)

This article is about the ship built in 1988. Not to be confused with the Adjutant-class ship of the same name, commissioned in 1959.
For other ships with the same name, see French ship Sagittaire.
PNS Munsif (M166) Conducting Mine Countermeasure Operations off Makran Coast in Indian Ocean.
History
France
NameSagittaire
BuilderLorient Arsenal, Lorient
Launched9 November 1988
Commissioned27 July 1989
IdentificationM650
FateSold to Pakistan
Pakistan
NameMunsif
Acquired24 September 1992
Commissioned26 October 1992
HomeportKarachi Naval Dockyard
IdentificationM166
StatusShip in active service
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeMunsif-class minehunter
Displacement
  • 535 t (527 long tons) empty
  • 605 t (595 long tons) full load
Length51.6 m (169 ft)
Beam8.96 m (29.4 ft)
Height18.5 m (61 ft)
Draught3.50 m (11.5 ft)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Range3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × PAP 104 ROV
Complement55 (10 officers, 45 Enlists): 174 [2]
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck

PNS Munsif (M166) (formerly Sagittaire (M650)) is the lead ship of the Munsif-class minehunter currently in service with the Pakistan Navy.[3]

PNS Munsif is based on the French design, the Tripartite-class minehunter, and actively served in the French Navy as the minehunter Sagittaire (M650) before being refitted according to the Pakistani military's service when the Pakistan Navy had bought her in 1992.[4]

  1. ^ Baker 1998, p. 581.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Asia-Pacific Defence Publications was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ ISPR, Naval. "Minehunters of Pakistan Navy". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Naval ISPR. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Tripartite Minehunter - Archived" (word.docs). Forecast International. Paris, France. 11 November 2000. Retrieved 28 October 2018.