PNS Nasr
PNS Nasr (A47) in Colombo Harbour in Sri Lanka in 2017.
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History | |
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Pakistan | |
Name | PNS Nasr |
Builder | Dalian Shipbuilding Co. in China |
Laid down | 1980 |
Launched | 14 March 1986 |
Acquired | 1 August 1986 |
Commissioned | 26 August 1987 |
Homeport | Karachi Naval Dockyard |
Identification | A47 |
Status | In current service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fuqing-class Replenishment oiler |
Displacement | 22,000 long tons (22,000 t) full load: news/notes [1] |
Length | 171 m (561 ft 0 in)[2] |
Beam | 21.80 m (71 ft 6 in) |
Draught | 9.40 m (30 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 1 × diesel generators producing: 15,000 hp (11,000 kW). |
Propulsion | 1 × Sulzer 8RL-B66 diesel engine: 11,000 kW (15,000 hp), 1 × shaft. |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 18,000 miles (29,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Endurance | 100 days |
Complement | 278 (13 officers, 265 enlisted) |
Sensors and processing systems | 2 × Decca 1006 radar |
Armament | 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS |
Aircraft carried | 2 × Westland Sea King |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck |
PNS Nasr (A47), is a Fuqing-class replenishment tanker currently in service with the Pakistan Navy.[3] She was designed, constructed, and built by the Dalian Shipbuilding Co. in China as a Type-095/Fuqing class in 1980, and purchased by the Pakistan Navy in 1985.
After undergoing a refit to gain the capability to act as a replenishment tanker, she was commissioned in the Pakistan Navy on 26 August 1987, and is currently in service.: 263 [4]
Description[]
Procurement, acquisition and deployment[]
Before commissioning in the Pakistan Navy, she was designed, built, and constructed by the Dalian Shipbuilding Co. in China, and briefly served in the Chinese Navy as a Type 095-class replenishment tanker in 1978.[5] In 1985, Pakistan Navy reportedly entered in successful negotiation of the acquiring Type 095/Fuqing-class replenishment tanker with an agreement signed in 1986.: contents [6]
She was refitted and modernized according to the Pakistani military's standards and specifications at the Dalian Shipbuilding Co., the replenishment tanker was acquired in a ceremony attended by the Chinese and Pakistani military and civil dignitaries on 1 August 1987.: 263 [7]: 66 [8] After her refit according to Pakistani military standards, her displacement stands about 15,000 tonnes (15,000 long tons; 17,000 short tons) (as opposed to original ship of her class) with an endurance range of 18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi).[1] She has an overall length of 168.3 m (552 ft 2 in), a beam of 21.79 m (71 ft 6 in) and a draught of 9.41 m (30 ft 10 in).[3]
She was commissioned in the Navy as PNS Nasr (lit. Help) on 26 August 1987.: 904 [9] PNS Nasr has a complement of 396 personnel, including 23 officers and 373 enlisted. [3]
In addition, PNS Nasr has the aviation facilities and a flight deck and hangar for either the Alouette III or Westland Sea King Mk. 45 helicopters.[10]
In 2003−04, PNS Nasr, alongside with PNS Babur was deployed in the Chittagong port in Bangladesh to support the Bangladeshi Navy.[11] In 2006, she was visited Langkawi in Malaysia before reporting back her homeport.[12]
She took active participation in Tsunami relief Operations in 2004 at Maldives having the distinction to undertake the very first rescue operation in that country by any other country.[13]
In 2017, Nasr paid a goodwill visit, alongside with PNS Khaibar, to Sri Lanka, harbouring at the Port of Colombo to support the activities of Sri Lankan Navy.[13]
In 2018, Nasr and Khaibar, under the command of Commodore Javaid Iqbal, paid a goodwill visit to Tanzania, Mauritius, and Kenya to support their navies activities.[14]
Incident[]
A Navy officer fell off the ship, when it was sailing near Port Darwin. The man was not found. [15]
See also[]
- Africa–Pakistan relations
- China–Pakistan relations
- China–Pakistan military relations
References[]
- ^ a b Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Shabbir, Usman (1 June 2003). "PakDef Military Consortium« FUQING CLASS «" (html). www.pakdef.org. Karachi, Sindh, Pk: PakDef Military Consortium. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Pike, John. "PNS Nasr (PRC Fuqing)". www.globalsecurity.org. Global Security. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1987. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ [See Type 905 replenishment tanker's history.]
- ^ Upadayay, M. D. (2016). Sino - Pak Nexus and Implications for India. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9789384464394. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1987.
- ^ IDSA News Review on East Asia. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1987.
- ^ "Pakistan Navy". Helis.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ Anwar, Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425900205.
- ^ a b "Pakistani Naval Ships PNS NASR and PNS Khaibar in Sri Lanka on a Goodwill visit". www.asiantribune.com. Asian Tribune. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "PNS Khaibar, PNS Nasr Visit Dar es Salaam And Mombasa - Daily Times". Daily Times. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Pakistani sailor missing during Australian military exercise".
External links[]
- 1986 ships
- Fuqing-class replenishment ships
- China–Pakistan military relations
- Ships of the Pakistan Navy
- Tankers of the Pakistan Navy