PNS Babur (2023)

	PNS Babur shares the same baseline design with the Ada-class corvettes.
History
Pakistan
Name	PNS Babur
Namesake	Babur
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Type	Multi-purpose corvette
Displacement	2,400 tons
Length	99.5 meters
Beam	14.4m
Draft	3.90 m (12 ft 10 in)
Installed power	2 × MTU 16V 595 TE90 ; 1 × General Electric LM2500;
Propulsion	CODAG
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) (Maximum)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)
Endurance	15 days
Sensors &; processing systems	Combat Suite :-; HAVELSAN GENESİS ADVENT Combat Management System (CMS); Radar :-; Aselsan SMART-S Mk2 S-Band 3D radar; Aselsan ALPER LPI radar; Aselsan AKREP (AKR-D Block B-1/2) fire-control radar; Northrop Grumman LN-270 INS/GPS navigation system; Sonar :-; Meteksan YAKAMOS hull-mounted sonar; Tracking Systems :-; Aselsan SeaEye-AHTAPOT electro-optical surveillance system; Aselsan PIRI infrared search and track system (IRST); Data Links :-; MilSOFT Naval Information Exchange System (NIXS) C4I; Pakistan-developed "Link Green" tactical data link;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Aselsan ARES-2NC Radar ESM
Armament	Anti-air warfare :-; 12 × Albatross NG (CAMM-ER) surface-to-air missiles launcher; Anti-surface warfare :-; 2 × triple-cell missile launchers, for 6 P-282 SMASH anti-ship missiles; Anti-submarine warfare :-; 2 × 3-cell Mark 32 324 mm lightweight torpedo tubes; Guns :-; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm CIWS ; 2 × Aselsan STOP 25 mm remote weapon stations; Decoys :-; Aselsan HIZIR torpedo-countermeasure system;
Aviation facilities	Flight deck with enclosed aviation hangar, for 1 anti-submarine helicopter (presumably the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat)
Notes	Pakistan-specific variant of Ada-class corvette

PNS Babur (F2820) is the lead ship of the Babur-class multimission corvettes of the Pakistani Navy.^[1]^[2]^[3] The corvette class is heavier and larger than the Turkish Ada-class corvette from which it has been developed from and is also equipped with Vertical launching systems.^[2]

History

The ship was built in Istanbul under the MILGEM project.Babur was laid down on 4 June 2020 and was launched into the water on 15 August 2021. She was delivered to the Pakistan Navy and commisioned into service on 23 September 2023^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

↑ "First Steel Cutting For Pakistan's Fourth And Final Jinnah-Class". Naval News. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
1 2 "Turkey Laid Keel Of Pakistan Navy's Third Jinnah-Class MILGEM Corvette". Naval News. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
↑ "Pakistan Navy Change of Command Ceremony Held at PNS Zafar Islamabad - 07 October 2020". Pakistan Navy. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
↑ https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/a-look-at-pn-milgem-jinnah-program-4338
↑ "First Pakistani Babur-class MILGEM Corvette Launched at Istanbul Shipyard". overtdefense.com. 17 August 2021.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220107174413/https://navalpost.com/turkey-launched-the-first-pn-milgem-corvette/
↑ "Milgem-Class Corvettes: Pakistan Navy". defensetalks.com. 15 August 2021.
↑ https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/pakistan-milgem-program-hull-mounted-sonar-system-contract-signed-3597
↑ "Türkiye'den Pakistan'a savaş gemisi teslimatı: PNS BABUR" (in Turkish). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2026.

[Fourth_Jinnah-Class_Naval_News-1] "First Steel Cutting For Pakistan's Fourth And Final Jinnah-Class". Naval News. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[Third_Jinnah-Class_Naval_News-2] 1 2 "Turkey Laid Keel Of Pakistan Navy's Third Jinnah-Class MILGEM Corvette". Naval News. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[3] "Pakistan Navy Change of Command Ceremony Held at PNS Zafar Islamabad - 07 October 2020". Pakistan Navy. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[4] ttps://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/a-look-at-pn-milgem-jinnah-program-4338

[overtdefense-5] "First Pakistani Babur-class MILGEM Corvette Launched at Istanbul Shipyard". overtdefense.com. 17 August 2021.

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20220107174413/https://navalpost.com/turkey-launched-the-first-pn-milgem-corvette/

[7] "Milgem-Class Corvettes: Pakistan Navy". defensetalks.com. 15 August 2021.

[8] ttps://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/pakistan-milgem-program-hull-mounted-sonar-system-contract-signed-3597

[9] "Türkiye'den Pakistan'a savaş gemisi teslimatı: PNS BABUR" (in Turkish). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2026.

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