Tughril-class frigate

	A bird's-eye view of PNS Tughril, the lead vessel of the class.
Class overview
Name	Tughril class
Builders	China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC); Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HDZH) (Subsidiary of CSSC);
Operators	Pakistan Navy
Preceded by	Zulfiquar class
Cost	USD $348 million (PLAN Type 054A; not confirmed by Pakistan)
Built	2018–2023
In service	2021–present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
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 and ; 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 :-; 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.;

The Tughril-class frigates, formally classified as the Type 054A/P frigates, are a series of modified guided-missile frigates built by Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HDZH), for the Pakistan Navy. The Type 054A/P is a modified derivative of the Type 054A frigate and was specifically customised to meet the operational requirements of the Pakistan Navy; the class features several capabilities - including anti-surface warfare (ASuW), anti-aircraft warfare (AAW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and low radar observability. The frigates form the mainstay of the Pakistan Navy's active naval fleet. The class also supplants the obsolete Tariq-class destroyers.

Pakistan's Ministry of Defence (MoD) ordered four frigates - two in 2017 and an additional two in 2018, as part of the Pakistan Navy's collective efforts to augment its capabilities in naval warfare. All four ships of the class have been commissioned. The first two, Tughril and Taimur, were commissioned in January and June 2022, respectively while the last two, Tippu Sultan and Shah Jahan were commissioned in May 2023.

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