PNS Nasr

PNS Nasr (A47), is a Fuqing-class replenishment tanker currently in service with the Pakistan Navy.[3] She was designed, constructed, and built by the Dalian Shipbuilding Co. in China as a Type-095/Fuqing class in 1980, and purchased by the Pakistan Navy in 1985.

PNS Nasr (A47) in Colombo Harbour in Sri Lanka in 2017.
History
Pakistan
Name: PNS Nasr
Builder: Dalian Shipbuilding Co. in China
Laid down: 1980
Launched: 14 March 1986
Acquired: 1 August 1986
Commissioned: 26 August 1987
Homeport: Karachi Naval Dockyard
Identification: A47
Status: In current service
General characteristics
Class and type: Fuqing-class Replenishment oiler
Displacement: 22,000 long tons (22,000 t) full load:news/notes[1]
Length: 171 m (561 ft 0 in)[2]
Beam: 21.80 m (71 ft 6 in)
Draught: 9.40 m (30 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 1 × diesel generators producing: 15,000 hp (11,000 kW).
Propulsion: 1 × Sulzer 8RL-B66 diesel engine: 11,000 kW (15,000 hp), 1 × shaft.
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range: 18,000 miles (29,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance: 100 days
Complement: 396 (23 officers, 373 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems:		 2 × Decca 1006 radar
Armament: 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried: 2 × Westland Sea King
Aviation facilities: Hangar and flight deck

After undergoing a refit to gain the capability to act as a replenishment tanker, she was commissioned in the Pakistan Navy on 26 August 1987, and is currently in service.:263[4]

Description

Procurement, acquisition and deployment
Main article: Type 905 replenishment tanker

Before commissioning in the Pakistan Navy, she was designed, built, and constructed by the Dalian Shipbuilding Co. in China, and briefly served in the Chinese Navy as a Type 095-class replenishment tanker in 1978.[5] In 1985, Pakistan Navy reportedly entered in successful negotiation of the acquiring Type 095/Fuqing-class replenishment tanker with an agreement signed in 1986.:contents[6]

She was refitted and modernized according to the Pakistani military's standards and specifications at the Dalian Shipbuilding Co., the replenishment tanker was acquired in a ceremony attended by the Chinese and Pakistani military and civil dignitaries on 1 August 1987.:263[7]:66[8] After her refit according to Pakistani military standards, her displacement stands about 15,000 tonnes (15,000 long tons; 17,000 short tons) (as opposed to original ship of her class) with an endurance range of 18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi).[1] She has an overall length of 168.3 m (552 ft 2 in), a beam of 21.79 m (71 ft 6 in) and a draught of 9.41 m (30 ft 10 in).[3]

PNS Nasr anchored in the Port of Colombo in 2017.

She was commissioned in the Navy as PNS Nasr (lit. Help) on 26 August 1987.:904[9] PNS Nasr has a complement of 396 personnel, including 23 officers and 373 enlisted. [3]

In addition, PNS Nasr has the aviation facilities and a flight deck and hangar for either the Alouette III or Westland Sea King Mk. 45 helicopters.[10]

In 2003−04, PNS Nasr, alongside with PNS Babur was deployed in the Chittagong port in Bangladesh to support the Bangladeshi Navy.[11] In 2006, she was visited Langkawi in Malaysia before reporting back her homeport.[12]

She took active participation in Tsunami relief Operations in 2004 at Maldives having the distinction to undertake the very first rescue operation in that country by any other country.[13]

In 2017, Nasr paid a goodwill visit, alongside with PNS Khaibar, to Sri Lanka, harbouring at the Port of Colombo to support the activities of Sri Lankan Navy.[13]

In 2018, Nasr and Khaibar, under the command of Commodore Javaid Iqbal, paid a goodwill visit to Tanzania, Mauritius, and Kenya to support their navies activities.[14]

See also

References
  1. Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. Shabbir, Usman (1 June 2003). "PakDef Military Consortium« FUQING CLASS «" (html). www.pakdef.org. Karachi, Sindh, Pk: PakDef Military Consortium. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. Pike, John. "PNS Nasr (PRC Fuqing)". www.globalsecurity.org. Global Security. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1987. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. [See Type 905 replenishment tanker's history.]
  6. Upadayay, M. D. (2016). Sino - Pak Nexus and Implications for India. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9789384464394. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. Pakistan Year Book. East & West Publishing Company. 1987. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  8. JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1987.
  9. IDSA News Review on East Asia. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1987.
  10. "Pakistan Navy". Helis.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  11. Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  12. Anwar, Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425900205.
  13. "Pakistani Naval Ships PNS NASR and PNS Khaibar in Sri Lanka on a Goodwill visit". www.asiantribune.com. Asian Tribune. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  14. "PNS Khaibar, PNS Nasr Visit Dar es Salaam And Mombasa - Daily Times". Daily Times. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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