HMS Amazon (F169)

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PNS Babur (D182), former HMS Amazon, 2004
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Amazon
Operator	Royal Navy
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft
Laid down	6 November 1969
Launched	26 April 1971
Commissioned	11 May 1974
Decommissioned	30 September 1993
Identification	Pennant number: F169
Motto	Audaciter (Latin: "boldly")
Fate	Sold to Pakistan on 30 September 1993
Pakistan
Name	PNS Babur
Operator	Pakistan Navy
Commissioned	30 September 1993
Decommissioned	31 December 2014
Status	Decommissioned
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)
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 nautical miles at 17 knots (7,400 km at 31 km/h) 1,200 nautical miles at 30 knots (2,220 km at 56 km/h)
Complement	177
Armament	RN: 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × MM38 Exocet missiles 1 × quadruple Seacat missiles 2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes 2 × Corvus (radar countermeasure) launchers 1 × Type 182 towed decoy Pakistan: 1 × 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × 4-cell Harpoon SSM launchers 2 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers 1 × Type 182 towed decoy
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Westland Lynx

HMS Amazon was the first Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid down at the Vosper Thornycroft shipyard in Southampton, England. The ship suffered a fire in the Far East in 1977, drawing attention to the risk of building warships with aluminium superstructure.