PNS Tippu Sultan (F263)

NamePNS Tippu Sultan

NamesakeTippu Sultan

Ordered2018

Launched3 August 2021

Sister ship PNS Shah Jahan
History
Pakistan
Name	PNS Tippu Sultan
Namesake	Tippu Sultan
Ordered	2018
Launched	3 August 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)
Propulsion	CODAD 4 × Shaanxi Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesel engines (Each producing 5700 kW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	8,025 nmi (14,862 km; 9,235 mi)
Complement	165
Sensors & processing systems	Radar :- SR2410C AESA radar. Type 517 (SUR17B) VHF air-search radar. Type 344 fire-control radar (for SSM) 4 × MR-90 Front Dome (for SAM) MR-36A surface-surveillance radar Type 347G fire-control radar (for H/PJ-26 naval gun) 2 × Racal RM-1290 I Band navigation radar Sonar :- MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar Communications :- ZKJ-5 combat data-system (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) HN-900 data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku-band SATCOM
Electronic warfare & decoys	Type 922-1 radar warning receiver (RWR) HZ-100 ECM/ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system
Armament	Anti-air warfare :- 1 × 32-cell VLS LY-80N surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 1 × 1-cell P-282 SMASH anti-ship ballistic missile 2 × 2-cell CM-302 anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 2 × Type 87 anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 × Yu-7 anti-submarine torpedo launchers Guns :- 1 × 76mm H/PJ-26 naval gun 2 × Type 1130 CIWS Decoys :- 2 × Type 726-4 decoy-launchers
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 Tippu Sultan is the third of four Chinese built Type 054A/P (Tughril-class) frigates ordered by the Pakistan Navy. The Ship was launched on 3 August 2021. She was commissioned along with her sister ship PNS Shah Jahan (F264) 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] She visited and conducted naval exercises with the Sri Lankan Navy in 2023, during her delivery voyage.^[5][6] PNS Tippu Sultan was used to test the SMASH missile in November 2025.^[7]