PNS Tughril (F261)

	Sister ship PNS Shah Jahan
History
Pakistan
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)
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.
Notes	Pakistan-specific variant of Type 054A frigate.; Most technologically-sophisticated warships ever exported by China to date.;

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.

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]

References

↑ Insight, Global Defense (2 November 2021). "Pakistan Navy is set to induct PNS Tughril on 8th November". Global Defense Insight. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
↑ "Pakistan commissions two Chinese built Type 054A/P frigates". 11 May 2023.
↑ "Type 054A class - Guided missile frigate". Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.
↑ "China launches multi-role warship for Pakistan". theweek.in. 29 January 2021.
↑ "Pakistan receives new Chinese-made frigate. How will it fare against India's Navy?". defensenews.com. 9 November 2021.
↑ "Pakistan Navy inducts its most advanced frigate, 'PNS Tughril'". gulfnews.com. 25 January 2022.
↑ "Pakistan Navy Commissions New Type 054 A/P Frigate 'PNS TUGHRIL'". navalnews.com. 24 January 2022.
↑ "Pakistan Navy inducts Sea Kings and Chinese-built frigate". shephardmedia.com. 25 January 2022.
↑ "Pakistan Navy Inducts WS-61 Sea King Helicopters Received from Qatar". defenseworld.net. 24 January 2022.

[1] Insight, Global Defense (2 November 2021). "Pakistan Navy is set to induct PNS Tughril on 8th November". Global Defense Insight. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[2] "Pakistan commissions two Chinese built Type 054A/P frigates". 11 May 2023.

[3] "Type 054A class - Guided missile frigate". Archived from the original on 17 November 2022.

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

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

[6] "Pakistan Navy inducts its most advanced frigate, 'PNS Tughril'". gulfnews.com. 25 January 2022.

[7] "Pakistan Navy Commissions New Type 054 A/P Frigate 'PNS TUGHRIL'". navalnews.com. 24 January 2022.

[8] "Pakistan Navy inducts Sea Kings and Chinese-built frigate". shephardmedia.com. 25 January 2022.

[9] "Pakistan Navy Inducts WS-61 Sea King Helicopters Received from Qatar". defenseworld.net. 24 January 2022.

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