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Name | HMS Active |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
Laid down | 23 July 1971 |
Launched | 23 November 1972 |
Commissioned | 19 July 1977 |
Decommissioned | 23 September 1994 |
Identification | Pennant number: F171 |
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Fate | Transferred to Pakistan Navy |
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Name | PNS Shah Jahan |
Acquired | 23 September 1994 |
Fate | Sunk as Target on 12 January 2021 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 21 frigate |
Displacement | 3,250 tons full load |
Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) |
Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | 177 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Lynx |
HMS Active was a Type 21-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Built by Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton, England, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position, the first of the class to be so fitted.
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