PNS Tippu Sultan (D-185)

PNS Tippu Sultan in the Indian Ocean in 2006.
History
Pakistan
Name	PNS Tippu Sultan
Namesake	Tipu Sultan[1]
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland
Laid down	30 October 1974
Launched	19 July 1978
Recommissioned	23 September 1994
In service	1994–2020
Out of service	1 April 2020
Homeport	Naval Base Karachi
Identification	Pennant number: D-185
Fate	Expended as a target 27 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Tariq-class frigate
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)
Propulsion	COGOG: 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines for cruising
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 [2]
Armament	1 × Vickers 4.5 in (114 mm)/55 Mk.8 AS/AA gun (25rds/min to 22 km/11.9nmi) 1 × Phalanx CIWS 1 × 6-cell LY-60N SAM launcher 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
Aircraft carried	1 × Alouette III helicopter 1 × Camcopter S-100 UAV
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and hangar

PNS Tippu Sultan (DDG-185), a Tariq-class destroyer, served in the Pakistan Navy after it was acquired in 1994. Her design was based on the British Type 21 frigate, and previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Avenger as a general purpose frigate.^[3]

In 1998–2008, the extensive engineering modernization and midlife upgrade program by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works at the Naval Base Karachi reclassified her status as guided missile destroyer.^[4]