PNS Badr (D-184)

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PNS Badr (D-184) in Northern Persian Gulf in 2005.
History
Naval Ensign of Pakistan.svgPakistan
NamePNS Badr
Namesake Badr
Builder Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotland
Laid down28 September 1972
Launched18 September 1974
Acquired1 March 1994
Recommissioned26 June 1994
In service1994–2014
Homeport Naval Base Karachi
Identification Pennant number: D-184
StatusDecommissioned. [1]
General characteristics
Class and type Tariq-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 facilities Flight deck and hangar

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]

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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]

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References

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