PNS Shamsheer (F252)
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For other ships with the same name, see PNS Shamsheer.
PNS Shamsheer (FFG-252) is the second F-22P Zulfiquar-class guided missile frigate currently in active service with the Pakistan Navy since her commissioning in 2009.[6]
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Shamsheer underway in 2022 | |
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Pakistan | |
Name | PNS Shamsheer |
Namesake | Shamshir (Lit. Sabre) |
Builder | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Co. in China |
Laid down | 13 July 2007 |
Launched | 31 October 2008[1] |
Sponsored by | Adm. Noman Bashir[2] |
Commissioned | 19/20 December 2009[3] |
In service | 2009–present |
Homeport | Karachi Naval Base |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigate |
Displacement | |
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 | |
Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h) maximum |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) |
Complement | 215, 15 officers and 200 enlists. |
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Armament | |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Harbin Z-9EC ASW helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar |
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