PNS Badr (D-184)

PNS Badr (D-184) was the Tariq-class destroyer that served in the Surface Command of the Pakistan Navy from 1994 until being decommissioned from the service in 2014.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see PNS Badr.

PNS Badr (D-184) in Northern Persian Gulf in 2005.
History
Pakistan
NamePNS Badr
NamesakeBadr
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland
Laid down28 September 1972
Launched18 September 1974
Acquired1 March 1994
Recommissioned26 June 1994
In service1994–2014
HomeportNaval Base Karachi
IdentificationPennant number: D-184
StatusDecommissioned.[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeTariq-class destroyer
Displacement3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load
Length384 ft (117 m)
Beam41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement192, 14 officers, 178 enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and hangar

Before joining the Pakistan Navy, she was formerly designated as HMS Alacrity of the British Royal Navy as a general purpose frigate, and went through an extensive refit and midlife upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi to have mission status to be properly qualified as the destroyer.[3]

Service history

Acquisition, construction, and modernization

She was designed and constructed by the Yarrow Shipbuilders, Ltd. at Glasgow in Scotland and was laid down on 5 March 1973; eventually, she was launched on 18 September 1974.[3] After a series of sea trials, she was commissioned on 2 July 1977 in the Surface Fleet of the Royal Navy as HMS Alacrity.[3] During her service with the Royal Navy, she was notable for her wartime operations during the Falklands War with Argentina.[4]

On 1 March 1994, she was purchased by Pakistan after the successful negotiation with the United Kingdom and sailed off from Port of Plymouth to the Port of Karachi, arriving on 26 June 1994.[5]

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]

In 2005, she was deployed to join the expeditionary strike group led by the U.S. Navy to engage in the relief efforts for the earthquake that struck the northern part of the Pakistan on 8 October 2005.[6]

Her wartime performance included in deployments in patrolling off the Horn of Africa, Gulf of Oman, Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean as part of the CTF-150.[7][8]

In 2014, it was reported that PNS Badr was decommissioned from service.[1]

References
  1. "Ex-Royal Navy vessels serving with other navies". The Military Times. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. "PNS Tariq (F181) Guided-Missile Destroyer Warship - Pakistan". www.militaryfactory.com. military factory. Retrieved 20 November 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. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. "Alacrity dodges four Exocets". Navy News p.23. August 1982.
  5. Summary of World Broadcasts: SWB.. Asia-Pacific. Weekly economic report. BBC Monitoring. 1994. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  6. Flanders, USN, Lt. Ron (16 November 2005). "ESG-1 Conducts Maritime Security Operations in Arabian Sea". www.navy.mil/. San Diego, CA, USA: U.S. Navy. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  7. "Frigate leaves for anti-piracy mission". DAWN.COM. 31 August 2009.
  8. "Defense.gov News Article: U.S., Pakistani Forces Complete 'Inspired Union 2008'". archive.defense.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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