PNS Zulfiquar (251)

The F-22P frigate PNS Zulfiquar
History
Pakistan
Name:	PNS Zulfiquar
Namesake:	Zulfiqar
Builder:	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard
Laid down:	12 October 2006
Launched:	5 April 2008
Commissioned:	19 September 2009
In service:	In active service, as of 2014
General characteristics
Class and type:	F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigate
Displacement:	2,500 tonnes (standard) 3,144 tonnes (full load)
Length:	123.2 m (404 ft)
Beam:	13.8 m (45 ft)
Draught:	3.76 m (12.3 ft)
Propulsion:	CODAD (Combined Diesel and Diesel) 2 × Tognum MTU 12V 1163 TB 83 @ 10.5 MW 2 × MTU cruise diesels @ 6.6 MW
Speed:	29 kn (54 km/h) maximum
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km)
Complement:	170 crew
Sensors and processing systems:	SUR 17 air surveillance radar SR-60 air/surface search radar KH 2007 navigation radar Type 347 CIWS fire-control radar CIWS electro-optical director Radar warning receiver suite
Electronic warfare & decoys:	RWD-8 intercept, NJ8I-3 jammer Decoy flare, chaff launchers
Armament:	Guns: 1 × 76.2 mm calibre AK–176M main gun Type 730B CIWS (2 × 30 mm 7-barrel Gatling guns) Missiles: 1 × 8-cell FM-90N SAM launcher 2 × 4-cell C-802 SSM launchers Other: 2 × 3-cell ET-52C torpedo launchers 2 × 6-cell RDC-32 anti-submarine rockets
Aircraft carried:	1 × Harbin Z-9EC ASW helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck and enclosed hangar

PNS Zulfiquar (251) is a F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigate being the lead ship of her class. She was built for the Pakistan Navy by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, in Shanghai China, to a modified Chinese Type 053H3 design and incorporate elements of the Type 054 frigate.

PNS Zulfiquar, was handed over to the PN on 30 July 2009 PNS Zulfiquar arrived at Karachi, Pakistan, on 12 September 2009 and the induction ceremony was held on 19 September 2009.

On 6 September 2014, PNS Zulfiquar was attacked by rogue Pakistani Navy officers however same was immediately thwarted by Pakistan Navy. The attack was intended to use the Zulfiquar's anti-ship missiles to attack the U.S Navy Fleet in the Arabian Sea. 10 militants which including 4 rogue Pakistani navy officers were killed in ensuing operation to recapture the ship. One rogue officer detonated a suicide bomb inside the ship after being surrounded. 4 other officers who were involved but who did not participate in the attack were later apprehended.