&sq=&lang=&file=File:PNS_SHAHJAHAN.JPEG) PNS Shah Jahan in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
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| History | |
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 Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Shah Jahan |
| Namesake | Shah Jahan[1] |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft in England |
| Laid down | 23 July 1971 |
| Launched | 23 November 1972 |
| Recommissioned | 23 September 1994 |
| In service | 1994–2021 |
| Out of service | 1 January 2021 |
| Homeport | Naval Base Karachi |
| Identification | Pennant number: D-186 |
| Fate | Sunk as target on 12 January 2021 |
| 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) |
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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 [2] |
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| Aircraft carried |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
PNS Shah Jahan (DDG-186) was a Tariq-class destroyer in service with the Pakistan Navy since being recommissioned in 1994. Based on the British design, Type 21 frigate, she previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Active as a general purpose frigate.[3]
In 1998–2008, the extensive engineering modernization and midlife upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi reclassified her status as guided missile destroyer.[4]
- ^ Anwar, Dr Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. Author House. ISBN 9781467010566. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "PNS Tariq (F181) Guided-Missile Destroyer Warship - Pakistan". www.militaryfactory.com. military factory. Retrieved 20 November 2018.