Zulfiquar-class frigate

	PNS Zulfiquar anchored in Port Klang in Malaysia in 2009.
Class overview
Name	Zulfiquar class
Builders	Hudong–Zhonghua, China; KS&EW Ltd, Pakistan;
Operators	Pakistan Navy
Preceded by	Tariq class
Succeeded by	Tughril-class frigate; Jinnah class;
Subclasses	Type 053H3 frigate
Cost	$750 million USD (4 Ships); $187.5 million USD per unit;
Built	2006–2009
In service	2008–present
In commission	2009–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile frigate
Displacement	2,500 tonnes (standard); 3,144 tonnes (full load);
Length	123.2 m (404 ft 2 in)
Beam	13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
Draught	3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	CODAD; 4 × Pielstick 16PA6STC at 5.1 MW (6,800 hp); 4 × MTU diesels generator set 8V396TE54 at 680 kW (910 hp);
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h) maximum
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km)
Complement	15 Officers, 200 Enlists
Sensors and ; processing systems	SUR 17 / Type 517 long range radar air surveillance radar; SR-60 / Type 360 Radar air/surface search radar; KH 2007 navigation radar; Atlas ASO-94 Hull Mounted Sonar; 2 x Type 347 CIWS fire-control radar (fore and aft); Type 345 SAM fire-control radar; CIWS electro-optical director; Radar warning receiver suite;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	RWD-8 intercept, NJ8I-3 jammer; Decoy flare, chaff launchers;
Armament	Guns:; 1 × 76.2 mm calibre AK–176M main gun; 2 × Type 730B CIWS; Missiles:; 1 × 8-cell FM-90N SAM launcher; 2 × 4-cell C-802 SSM launchers; Other:; 2 × 3-cell ET-52C torpedo launchers; 2 × 6-cell RDC-32 anti-submarine rockets;
Aircraft carried	1 × Harbin Z-9EC ASW helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar

The Zulfiquar-class frigate (Urdu: ذوالفقار, lit. 'Sword'), also known as F-22P or in English: Sword class, is a class of multi-mission guided missile frigates, in service with the Pakistan Navy. The class is based on an updated model of the Chinese design, the Type 053H3. The frigates were designed and built jointly in Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China and the KS&EW Ltd. in Pakistan.^{: 108–109}

The frigates perform missions including air defense, enemy interdiction, extraction and patrolling the economic exclusive zone (EEZ).

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