PNS Shah Jahan (F264)
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PNS Shah Jahan underway | |
| History | |
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| Name | PNS Shah Jahan |
| Namesake | Shah Jahan |
| Ordered | 2018 |
| Launched | 23 December 2021 |
| Acquired | 10 May 2023 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 2023 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Guided-missile frigate |
| Displacement | 4,200 t (4,100 long tons) |
| Length | 134 m (439 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
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| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 8,025 nmi (14,862 km; 9,235 mi) |
| Complement | 165 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Harbin Z-9EC (equipped with CM-501GA land-attack missile) |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed helicopter hangar capable of accommodating Harbin Z-9 (or) Kamov Ka-27. |
PNS Shah Jahan is the fourth Chinese built Type 054A/P (Tughril-class) frigates ordered by the Pakistan Navy. The Ship was launched on 23 December 2021. She was commissioned along with her sister ship PNS Tippu Sultan (F263) on 10 May 2023 at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai,China.[1][2] She is a Pakistan-specific variant of Type 054A frigate and the most technologically sophisticated warships ever exported by China to date.[3][4]