PNS Munsif (M166)

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PNS Munsif (M166) Conducting Mine Countermeasure Operations off Makran Coast in Indian Ocean.
History
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
NameSagittaire
BuilderLorient Arsenal, Lorient
Launched9 November 1988
Commissioned27 July 1989
IdentificationM650
FateSold to Pakistan
Naval Ensign of Pakistan.svgPakistan
NameMunsif
Acquired24 September 1992
Commissioned26 October 1992
Homeport Karachi Naval Dockyard
IdentificationM166
StatusShip in active service
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Munsif-class minehunter
Displacement
  • 535 t (527 long tons) empty
  • 605 t (595 long tons) full load
Length51.6 m (169 ft)
Beam8.96 m (29.4 ft)
Height18.5 m (61 ft)
Draught3.50 m (11.5 ft)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Range3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × PAP 104 ROV
Complement55 (10 officers, 45 Enlists): 174  [2]
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation facilities Flight deck

PNS Munsif (M166) (formerly Sagittaire (M650)) is the lead ship of the Munsif-class minehunter currently in service with the Pakistan Navy. [3]

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PNS Munsif is based on the French design, the Tripartite-class minehunter, and actively served in the French Navy as the minehunter Sagittaire (M650) before being refitted according to the Pakistani military's service when the Pakistan Navy had bought her in 1992. [4]

Construction, procurement, and deployment

French Navy service

Sagittaire was laid down in 1988, and launched on 9 November 1988 by its builder by French DCNS in Lorient Naval Yard in France. [4] Her design was based on the Tripartite-class minehunter, a joint venture by Belgium, France and the Netherlands, and was commissioned as Sagittaire (M 650) into the French Navy on 27 July 1989. [5] Her technology came from the Dutch Stork B.V. and Belgian ACEC, while DCNS designed the vessel. [3]

In 1990–1991, she saw war operations during the military operation took place in the First Gulf War, and played a supporting role in the Gulf of Oman to clear the naval minefield.: 311  [6] : 822  [7]

Pakistan Navy service

In 1992, Pakistan entered in talks with France for acquiring the minehunters to improve its naval capability.: 154  [8] The French Navy offered to sell Sagittaire which was immediately acquired through a quick payment transaction took place between the two countries in 1992. [9]

Upon reporting to its homeport, the Karachi Naval Base, she was commissioned in the service of Pakistan Navy as Munsif on 26 October 1992 [3] and went through the refitted modernization at the Karachi Naval Base according to the specifications required by the Pakistan military, including the installation and engineering of the flight deck to accommodate the Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter.[ citation needed ]

In 1994, Pakistan entered in discussion with the France to design to build to commission the Munsif-class minehunter based on the Tripartite class, with PNS Munsif becoming the lead ship of her class.: 174  [2] Based on Munsif, her two sister ships were eventually built in a cooperation between the DCNS and KSEW Ltd. in 1996 and 1997. [9]

As of 2005, PNS Munsif remained in active service for the Pakistan Navy. [9]

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