PNS Shah Jahan (D-186)

PNS Shah Jahan (DDG-186) was a Tariq-class destroyer in service with the Pakistan Navy since being recommissioned in 1994. Based on the British design, Type 21 frigate, she previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Active as a general purpose frigate.[3]

For other ships with the same name, see PNS Shah Jahan.

PNS Shah Jahan in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
History
Pakistan
Name: PNS Shah Jahan
Namesake: Shah Jahan[1]
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft in England
Laid down: 23 July 1971
Launched: 23 November 1972
Recommissioned: 23 September 1994
In service: 1994–2021
Out of service: 1 January 2021
Homeport: Naval Base Karachi
Identification: Pennant number: D-186
Fate: Ship sunk as target on 12 January 2021
General characteristics
Class and type: Tariq-class frigate
Displacement: 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load
Length: 384 ft (117 m)
Beam: 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement: 192, 14 officers, 178 enlisted:contents[2]
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities: Flight deck and hangar

In 1998–2008, the extensive engineering modernization and midlife upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi reclassified her status as guided missile destroyer.[4]

Service history

She was designed and constructed by the Yarrow Shipbuilders, Ltd. at Glasgow in Scotland, she was laid down on 30 October 1974, and was launched on 19 July 1978.[3] She eventually commissioned on 19 July 1978 in the Surface Fleet of the Royal Navy as HMS Active.[3] During her service with the Royal Navy, she was notable for her wartime operations during the Falklands War with Argentina.:104[5]

On 3 October 1994, she was purchased by Pakistan after the successful negotiation with the United Kingdom, along with PNS Tippu Sultan.:51[6]

Upon arriving in Karachi, she underwent an extensive modernization and mid-life upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi in 1998–2002.[3]

Her wartime performance included in deployments in patrolling off the Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea as well as deploying in the Mediterranean Sea when she was part of the multinational CTF-150.[7]

On 12 January 2021, Shah Jahan was sunk as a target by the Pakistan Navy during a live-fire drill in the North Arabian Sea.[8]

  • USS Reuben James leads PNS Shahjahan and PNS Tippu Sultan in Exercise Inspired Siren in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
  • USS Rueben James, PNS Shahjahan and PNS Tippu Sultan in Exercise Inspired Siren in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
  • USS Rueben James, PNS Shahjahan and PNS Tippu Sultan in Exercise Inspired Siren in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
  • U.S. and Pakistan Navy personnel "Thumbs up" to his shipmates aboard PNS Shah Jahan in the Exercise Inspired Siren in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
  • PNS Shahjahan, with PNS Tariq, participating in the Exercise Inspired Siren in the Indian Ocean in 2005.
  • German Navy's Rear Admiral Heinrich Lange speaks during the ceremony held for CTF-151 aboard PNS Shahjahan in 2006.
  • In a mock exercise, U.S. Navy's SEALs with Pakistan SSGN conducting the VBBS drill aboard PNS Shahjahan in the Indian Ocean in 2007.
  • PNS Shahjahan, transiting with USS Mobile Bay in 2011.
  • PNS Shah Jahan making manoeuvers in the Indian Ocean in 2011.
  • An Alouette III assigned to PNS Shah Jahan lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in 2011.
  • A U.S. Navy enlists lowers the Pakistan flag after rendering honors to the Pakistani navy destroyer PNS Shah Jahan in the Arabian Sea in 2011.
  • The torpedo launching system installed in PNS Shah Jahan in 2018.

References
  1. "PNS Tariq". www.paknavy.gov.pk. ISPR Navy. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. Anwar, Dr Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. Author House. ISBN 9781467010566. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. Shabbir, Usman (1 June 2003). "Tariq (Amazon) Class (TYPE 21) (DD/FF) «  PakDef Military Consortium". pakdef.org. Karachi, Sindh Pak.: Pakistan Military Consortium. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. "PNS Tariq (F181) Guided-Missile Destroyer Warship - Pakistan". www.militaryfactory.com. military factory. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  5. Marriott, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983, Ian Allan Ltd, Surrey
  6. Daily Report: Near East & South Asia. The Service. 1994.
  7. "CTF 151 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES FOCUSED COUNTER PIRACY OPERATION HAMAD". Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  8. "Pakistan sinks another former Royal Navy frigate in live-fire drill". defbrief.com. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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