PNS Zulfiqar (K265)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Deveron
Builder	Smith's Dock Co Ltd
Laid down	16 April 1942
Launched	12 October 1942
Commissioned	2 March 1943
Fate	Transferred to India as HMIS Dhanush in 1945
India
Name	HMIS Dhanush
Commissioned	1945
Decommissioned	1947
Fate	Transferred to Pakistan as PNS Dhanush
Pakistan
Name	PNS Zulfiqar
Namesake	Sword
Builder	Smiths Dock Co. in South Bank in England
Laid down	16 April 1942
Launched	12 October 1942
Identification	Pennant number: F265 changed to F262 in 1963
Fate	Damaged beyond repair December 1971. Scrapped in 1983[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	River-class frigate
Displacement	1375 tons (standard) 2100 tons (full load)
Length	91.9 m (301 ft 6 in)
Beam	11.2 metres (37 ft)
Draught	3.8 metres (12 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts, reciprocating vertical triple expansion, 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h) maximum
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km)
Complement	150, 20 officers, 130 enlists
Armament	Guns: 1 × 4in Mk. 2 × Bofors 40 mm

PNS Zulfiqar was a River-class frigate of the Pakistan Navy, originally built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War as HMS Deveron. Zulfiqar was damaged beyond repair by friendly fire from aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) which mistook her for a missile boat of the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.^[2]