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Tariq-class destroyer

Class of guided-missile warships that were transferred by the Royal Navy to Pakistan

Summary

Class of guided-missile warships that were transferred by the Royal Navy to Pakistan

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	US Navy 041121-N-7469S-001 The Pakistan Navy destroyer PNS Babur (D 182) operates in the Persian Gulf as part of the Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan conducted under Commander Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150).jpg
image_caption	PNS Babur, a Tariq-class destroyer, in 2004
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	Tariq class
builders	* Yarrow, United Kingdom
operators
class_before	Type 12 Leander
class_after	Zulfiquar class
cost	$120 million USD (2002)
built_range	1969–1975
in_service_range	1993–2023
in_commission_range	1993–2021
total_ships_completed	6
total_ships_retired	6
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	frigate/guided-missile destroyer
displacement	* As built in the United Kingdom:
length	384 ft o/a
beam	41 ft
draft	19 ft
propulsion	* COGOG
* 2 × Rolls-Royce TM3B gas turbines, {{convert	50000	hp	MW	abbr	on}} (sustained)
* 2 × Rolls-Royce RM1C gas turbines (cruising), {{convert	9900	hp	MW	abbr	on}} (sustained)
speed	32 kn
range	* 4000 nmi at 17 kn
* {{convert	1200	nmi	km	abbr	on	lk=in}} at 30 kn
complement	15 Officers, 200 Enlisted
sensors	* Air-to-surface search radar:
EW	TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System)
armament	* 1 × Vickers 4.5 in/55 Mk.8 AS/AA gun
aircraft	* 1 × Westland Lynx HAS.3 helicopter
aircraft_facilities	Flight deck and hangar

VT Group, United Kingdom
KSEW Ltd., Pakistan
- 3250 LT full load
As modernized in Pakistan:
- 3700 LT full load
2 × Rolls-Royce TM3B gas turbines, 50000 hp (sustained)
2 × Rolls-Royce RM1C gas turbines (cruising), 9900 hp (sustained)
1200 nmi at 30 kn
- 1 × Marconi Type 992R
- 1 × Thales Signaal D08
Surface search radar:
- 1 × Kelvin Hughes Type 1006
1 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × triple STWS-1 torpedo launchers (for Mark 46 torpedoes) [Badr and Shahjahan only]
2 × 4-cell Mk 141 launchers (for Harpoon SSMs) [Badr, Babur and Shahjahan]
or
1 × 6-cell LY-60N SAM launcher [Tariq, Khaibar and Tippu Sultan]
1 × Aerospatiale Alouette III helicopter
1 × Camcopter S-100 UAV

The Tariq-class destroyers were a class of guided missile destroyers of the Pakistan Navy. They were acquired from the British Royal Navy in 1993–94. The Tariqs were formerly commissioned in the Royal Navy's Surface Fleet as Type 21 (Amazon-class) frigates, a general purpose frigate in the Royal Navy.

The British frigates were immediately acquired when the United States refused to renew the lease of the four and four s, due to the enforcement of the Pressler Amendment. requiring Pakistan to return the vessels to the United States at the end of their five-year lease.

Upon acquisition, all six frigates were reconfigured to enhance their engineering design and construction and military software updates that feature Swedish technology, giving them missile launching capability. Following these upgrades, the ships were reclassified as destroyers.

In 2008, the Pakistan Navy had carried out a successful test of the Camcopter S-100, an unmanned aerial vehicle, from the flight deck of a Tariq-class destroyer. By 2020–23, the Tariq-class destroyers slowly phased out from their services, and are now all decommissioned from its military service.

Negotiation and procurement

Main article: Pakistan–United Kingdom relations

Procurement of Type 21 frigates dates back to 1966 when the UK first made an offer to Pakistan to jointly build three Type 21 frigates. The Ayub administration rejected the proposal as they wanted to allocate the funds to acquire s from France. Since 1966, the Pakistan Navy had wanted to acquire Type 21 frigates from the UK, submitting several proposals to the Government of Pakistan for acquiring the Type 21 frigates in 1970s.

In 1987–88, Admiral Tariq Kamal Khan entered into negotiations with the Royal Navy and began lobbying the Zia administration for releasing the funds to acquire the Type 21 frigates in 1988.

Despite the initial efforts with the Royal Navy, the Pakistan Navy leased four and four from the United States Navy in 1988; the selection was based on technological evaluation and Pakistani military specifications. The lease was set for five years with an option of renewing or purchasing the lease afterwards based on the mutual understanding between two nations.

After the enforcement of the military embargo by the United States Congress in 1994, the lease was not renewed, therefore, the eight warships had to be returned to the United States Navy in Singapore, resulting Pakistan's sea borders vulnerable to foreign activities.

During this time, Admiral Saeed Mohammad Khan used his personal relations with the British Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald, who helped him negotiate with the British government to immediately procure and acquire the six remaining Type 21 frigates from the British in 1993–94.

The Pakistan Ministry of Defence authorized the purchase of the Type 21 frigates from the United Kingdom for US$60 million, and reportedly spent nearly the same amount on converting and modernizing the warships from general purpose frigates to destroyer standards.

On 1 November 1993, the lead ship, Tariq (formerly HMS Ambuscade), reported to the naval base in Karachi and the transfer of all warships was completed on 1 January 1995. The induction of the Tariq-class destroyers marked the replacement of the Garcia and Brooke-class frigates in the Pakistan Navy's surface command.

Modernization

In 2002, it was reported that Pakistan had spent additional US$60 million to modernize the Tariq-class fleet according their Navy's specification from the general purpose frigates to the combat variant destroyer standards. In the service of the Royal Navy, the Seacat, Exocet, torpedo tubes, and Lynx helicopters were distinct features in the Amazon/Type 21 frigates. With the Pakistan Navy's service, Exocet and the Seacat missiles were removed as well as torpedo tubes which were subsequently removed in all warships with the exception made in Badr and Shah Jahan.

The weapon systems and computers fitted in the Tariqs features Swedish technology. The flight deck and the Lynx helicopters remained with the Tariqs and arrived in Karachi with their respective warships.

The Royal Navy did not transfer the Exocet and Seacat missiles that were replaced with the Chinese-made LY-60 SAM system. Instead, the more capable U.S.-built Harpoon missiles were installed to replace the British weapon systems. Extensive installation of computer software and missile deployments allowed the classification of Tariq from the DDE (destroyer escort) to the DDG (guided missile), with lead ship featuring the installation of LY-60 guided missiles.

In 2008, it was reported by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) that the Pakistan Navy have successfully tested a flight takeoff and landing of the Camcopter S-100 UAV from a Tariq-class flight deck.

Ships

Image	Name	Former name	Commissioned with RN	Fate
[[File:US Navy 041121-N-7469S-001 The Pakistan Navy destroyer PNS Babur (D 182) operates in the Persian Gulf as part of the Coalition Maritime Campaign Plan conducted under Commander Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150).jpg	100px]]	Babur		Commissioned in the Royal Navy in 1974	Transferred in 1993 to Pakistan Navy. Decommissioned in December 2014. Scrapped for metal acquisition by National Shipping Corporation.
			Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1975.	Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1993, served as the lead ship of her class until 2023. Converted into museum ship in Scotland.
[[File:PNS Tippu Sultan former HMS Avenger.jpg	100px]]			Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1975	last1=Editorial	first1=Defense Brief	title=Pakistan sinks former Royal Navy frigate in missile firing drill	url=https://defbrief.com/2020/04/28/pakistan-sinks-former-royal-navy-frigate-in-missile-firing-drill/	website=Defense Brief	accessdate=19 September 2020	date=28 April 2020}}
			Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1976	Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1994. Decommissioned and sunk as target ship during Exercise Sea Spark in 2022.
[[File:PNS-Badr-F184-01.jpg	100px]]			Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1977	last=Ansari	first=Usman	title=Reports: Increase in Pakistan Defense and Nuclear Budgets Likely	url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140519/DEFREG03/305190021/Reports-Increase-Pakistan-Defense-Nuclear-Budgets-Likely	archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20140524134442/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140519/DEFREG03/305190021/Reports-Increase-Pakistan-Defense-Nuclear-Budgets-Likely	url-status=dead	archive-date=24 May 2014	accessdate=20 May 2014	newspaper=Defense News	date=19 May 2014}}
[[File:Pakistani Naval ship (PNS) Shahjahan.jpeg	100px]]			Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1977	Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1994. Decommissioned in January 2021. Sunk as Target in 2021

Notes

Citations

References

"Amazon class Type 21 Frigate – Royal Navy".
"PNS Tariq (F181) Guided-Missile frigate Warship ".
"Tariq Class (UK Amazon Type 21)".
(1 June 2003). "Tariq (Amazon) Class (TYPE 21) (DD/FF) « PakDef Military Consortium". Pakistan Military Consortium.
Singh, Kunwar Rajendra. (2002). "Navies of South Asia". Rupa & Co.
(14 April 2008). "Camcopter S-100 – Continued Success in Shipboard Trials". Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH.
(21 April 2014). "Journalists' visit: Navy to shift focus to Ormara base". The Express Tribune.
(14 April 2008). "Camcopter S-100 – Continued Success in Shipboard Trials". Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH.
(5 April 2018). "Sailing under a different flag – former Royal Navy vessels serving with other navies".
(28 April 2020). "Pakistan sinks former Royal Navy frigate in missile firing drill".
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(15 March 2022). "Pakistan sinks third ex-Royal Navy Type 21 frigate in live fire drill".
Ansari, Usman. (19 May 2014). "Reports: Increase in Pakistan Defense and Nuclear Budgets Likely". Defense News.
(12 January 2021). "Pakistan sinks another former Royal Navy frigate in live-fire drill".

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