PNS Shah Jahan (F264)

	PNS Shah Jahan underway
History
Pakistan
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)
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 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]

References

↑ "Commissioning ceremony of Advanced Frigates for PN held at China". 10 May 2023.
↑ Vavasseur, Xavier (2021-12-23). "Chinese Shipyard Launches Two Type 054 Frigates and One Type 071E LPD". Naval News. Retrieved 2026-04-08.
↑ "Pakistan receives new Chinese-made frigate. How will it fare against India's Navy?". defensenews.com. 9 November 2021.
↑ "China launches multi-role warship for Pakistan". theweek.in. 29 January 2021.

[Tippu_Sultan_&_Shah_Jahan-1] "Commissioning ceremony of Advanced Frigates for PN held at China". 10 May 2023.

[2] Vavasseur, Xavier (2021-12-23). "Chinese Shipyard Launches Two Type 054 Frigates and One Type 071E LPD". Naval News. Retrieved 2026-04-08.

[3] "Pakistan receives new Chinese-made frigate. How will it fare against India's Navy?". defensenews.com. 9 November 2021.

[4] "China launches multi-role warship for Pakistan". theweek.in. 29 January 2021.

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