PNS Nasr

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PNS Nasr (A47) in Colombo Harbour in Sri Lanka in 2017.
History
Naval Ensign of Pakistan.svgPakistan
NameNasr
Builder Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company
Launched14 March 1986 [1]
Acquired1986
Commissioned1 August 1987 [2]
In service26 August 1987 [2]
Homeport Karachi Naval Dockyard
IdentificationA47 [3]
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Type 905 replenishment oiler
Displacement22,099 tons (full load) [4]
Length171 metres (561 ft) [4]
Beam21.8 metres (72 ft) [4]
Draught9.4 metres (31 ft) [4]
Propulsion
  • 1 × Sulzer 8RL B66 diesel engine; [4]
  • 1 shaft; [4]
  • Total output: 13,000 hp (9,700 kW) [4]
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) [4]
Range18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) [4]
Capacity10,550 tons of fuel oil, 1000 tons of diesel, 200 tons of feed water, 200 tons of drinking water [4]
Complement
  • 26 officers [1]
  • 120 enlisted [1]
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesflight deck and hangar [4]

PNS Nasr (A47) is a Type 905 replenishment oiler of the Pakistan Navy. The oiler was constructed in the People's Republic of China by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company and entered service in 1987. [3] [4]

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History

Nasr was ordered by Pakistan in late-1986 and completed to Pakistani requirements. [5] She entered service in 1987. [2]

A Phalanx CIWS was installed in 1995; [4] it may have come from the retired County-class destroyer PNS Babur. [1]

On 21 October 1998, the oiler suffered minor damage from being rammed by the commercial tanker Sun Marsat at Karachi. [1]

In April 2003, Nasr and PNS Babur deployed to the Port of Chittagong in Bangladesh to support the Bangladeshi Navy. [6] In 2006, she visited Langkawi in Malaysia before reporting back her homeport. [7]

She provided relief to the Maldives after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and was the first foreign contingent to start rescue operations there. [8]

Nasr participated in the 2014 Kakadu military exercise in Australia. A crewman deserted on September 7 at around 04:30 while the ship was docked at Darwin; he was found on September 8. [9]

In 2017, Nasr paid a goodwill visit, along with PNS Khaibar, to Sri Lanka, harbouring at the Port of Colombo to support the activities of Sri Lankan Navy. [8]

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. [10]

In 2021, Nasr under the command of Capt Misbah ul Amin TI(M) conducted a disaster relief mission in Africa, sailing to Port Sudan, Djibouti, [11] and Cotonou, [12] and delivering 1,000 tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid from Pakistan to Djibouti, Sudan, Benin and Niger. [13] It also conducted a goodwill visit to Mombasa, Kenya. [13]

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  2. 1 2 3 "Fleet Tankers". Pakistan Navy. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 Saunders 2015, p. 161.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Saunders 2015, p. 613.
  5. ↑ Upadayay, M. D. (2015). Sino-Pak Nexus and Implications for India. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 22. ISBN   978-93-84464-72-1 . Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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  7. ↑ Anwar, Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. AuthorHouse. ISBN   9781425900205.
  8. 1 2 "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.
  9. ↑ "Pakistani sailor alleged to have jumped ship in Darwin has been found". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "PNS Khaibar, PNS Nasr Visit Dar es Salaam And Mombasa - Daily Times". Daily Times. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "PNS Nasr visits ports in Djibouti, Sudan". Dawn.
  12. ↑ "PNS NASR Delivers Food Aid Under the Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief Mission".
  13. 1 2 "PN ship returns after relief mission in Africa". Dawn. 2021-04-15.

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