PNS Tughril (F261)
Pakistani Frigate
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PNS Tughril ( F261) is the first of four Chinese built Type 054A/P (Tughril-class) frigates ordered by the Pakistan Navy. It was commissioned on 8 November 2021.[1] The Type 054A/P carries HQ-16 medium-range air defense missiles which is an upgrade from the HQ-7 and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system.The ship is named after Emperor Tughril, who was among the founders of the Seljuk Empire.[citation needed]
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Sister ship PNS Shah Jahan | |
| History | |
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| Name | PNS Tughril |
| Namesake | Tughril |
| Ordered | 2018 |
| Launched | 29 January 2021 |
| Acquired | 23 June 2022 |
| Commissioned | 23 June 2022 |
| 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)[2] |
| 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.[3] |
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Service
Tughril was formally commissioned into the Pakistan Navy on 24 January 2022, at the Karachi Naval Dockyard, with Pakistan's president - Arif Alvi and the chief of the Pakistan Navy - Amjad Khan Niazi, in attendance.[6][7] The formal commissioning of Tughril coincided with the induction of ten second-hand WS-61 Sea King naval helicopters into the Pakistan Naval Air Arm.[8][9]
