HMS Arrow (F173)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Arrow
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	28 September 1972
Launched	5 February 1974
Commissioned	28 July 1976
Decommissioned	1 March 1994
Identification	Pennant number: F173
Motto	Celeriter certus (Latin: "Swiftly sure")
Fate	Sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994
Pakistan
Name	PNS Khaibar
Acquired	1 March 1994
Status	Ship in active service
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	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 (7,408 km; 4,603 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	177
Armament	RN: 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × MM38 Exocet missiles 1 × quadruple Sea Cat SAMs 2 × triple ASW torpedo tubes 2 × Corvus chaff launchers 1 × Type 182 towed decoy Pakistan: 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Phalanx CIWS 1 × 6-cell LY-60N Hunting Eagle SAM launcher 2 × Mark 36 SRBOC chaff launchers 1 × Type 182 towed decoy
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Lynx

HMS Arrow was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.

Arrow was active during the Falklands War of 1982, where she provided naval gunfire support (NGFS) and rescued most of the surviving crew from HMS Sheffield. She was sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 and renamed PNS Khaibar.