PNS Shah Jahan (D-186)

PNS Shah Jahan in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
History
Pakistan
Name	PNS Shah Jahan
Namesake	Shah Jahan[1]
Builder	Vosper Thornycroft in England
Laid down	23 July 1971
Launched	23 November 1972
Recommissioned	23 September 1994
In service	1994–2021
Out of service	1 January 2021
Homeport	Naval Base Karachi
Identification	Pennant number: D-186
Fate	Sunk as target on 12 January 2021
General characteristics
Class and type	Tariq-class frigate
Displacement	3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	41 ft 9 in (12.73 m)
Draught	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Propulsion	COGOG: 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A gas turbines for cruising
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	192, 14 officers, 178 enlisted: contents [2]
Armament	1 × Vickers 4.5 in (114 mm)/55 Mk.8 AS/AA gun (25rds/min to 22 km/11.9nmi) 1 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × triple STWS-1 torpedo launchers (for Mk 46 LWTs) 2 × 4-cell Mk 141 launchers (for Harpoon SSMs) 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannon
Aircraft carried	1 × Lynx HAS.3 helicopter 1 × Camcopter S-100 UAV
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and hangar

PNS Shah Jahan (DDG-186) was a Tariq-class destroyer in service with the Pakistan Navy since being recommissioned in 1994. Based on the British design, Type 21 frigate, she previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Active as a general purpose frigate.^[3]

In 1998–2008, the extensive engineering modernization and midlife upgrade program by the KSEW Ltd. at the Naval Base Karachi reclassified her status as guided missile destroyer.^[4]