Feature 8 | Frigates and destroyers
CSN-56 Kavach decoy launchers, along action information system. Engineering M-36E COGAG power plant featuring
with Mareech towed decoys for self firm Larsen and Toubro supplies the a quartet of DT-59 gas turbines, each
defence against torpedoes. While the 3D helicopter traversing system along with a weighing 18tonnes and delivering about
Elta MFSTAR is a potent radar system, host of weapons and shipboard systems. 18,000hp and two RG-54 gearboxes,
curiously, the secondary search radar is Consilium supplies the navigation system each weighing circa 36tonnes. Stealth
the Thales LW-08 2D radar in its locally including Selesmar radars. features include sloped upper works and
assembled RAWL 02 Mk 3 configuration. As with the P-15 Delhi class ships, an infrared suppression system on the
The combat management system the P-15A destroyers also have the lines of that fitted on the P-17 Shivalik
is the locally developed CAIO-15A same Ukrainian Zorya Mashproekt frigate. WT
Pakistan inducts first F-22P frigate
Pns Zulfiquar, the first F-22P frigate for the Pakistan Navy, was formally inducted into the fleet in September 2009, some
six days after arriving Karachi from Shanghai, China. En route from Shanghai, Zulfiquar stopped at Indonesia, Port Klang,
Malaysia, and Colombo, Sri Lanka, and also took part in an exercise with other Pakistani warships and aircraft prior to
entering Karachi harbour.
Pns Zulfiquar is the first of the series of four F-22P frigates on order from China’s Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in
Shanghai. The deal, estimated at US$750 million, also includes the acquisition of 4-6 Z-9EC helicopters. The first batch of
two helicopters arrived in Pakistan in late 2009.
The F-22P design appears to be a further modification of the Chinese PLA Navy’s Type 053H3 frigate with several
features of the newer Type 054 frigate. Zulfiquar’s keel was laid down in October 2006 followed by launching in April
2008 and commissioning in Shanghai in July 2009. The second ship, PNS Shamsher, which was laid down on 13 July 2007
and launched on 31 October 2008, has commenced sea trials. Meanwhile, the third ship, to be named PNS Saif, was laid
down on 4 November 2008 and launched on 28 May 2009, and is nearing completion.
Handover of the ships to the Pakistan Navy is expected in the first and third quarter of 2010 respectively. Construction
of the fourth ship under a Transfer of Technology agreement is underway at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works
(KSEW). Production commenced with a steel cutting ceremony in March 2009. The ship is expected to be completed by
April 2013.
During the visit to Port Klang, additional details about the ship became available. Contrary to previous estimates,
information on brochures handed out at Port Klang gives the ship’s displacement at 3143tonnes although other sources
state 2920tonnes; the dimensions quoted are an overall length of 123.2m, beam of 13.4m with a draft of 6m.
The main gun is an automatic 76mm Chinese-built derivative of the Russian AK176 gun mount with a faceted turret.
Two modified Type 730 close-in-weapon system (CIWS) with seven-barelled 30mm Gatling guns are installed atop the
helicopter hangar. Missile armament comprises eight C-802 SSMs mounted amidships in two groups of quad launchers
and the short-range FM-90 SAM system with an eight-cell launcher for HQ-7A missiles, although it is not clear if an
automatic re-loader is fitted or not.
ASW weapons comprise two Type 87 six-tube anti-submarine rocket launchers firing RDC-32 type rockets installed
on the forecastle and twin triple-tube TCU 42A type torpedo launchers firing 324mm ET-52C torpedoes mounted abaft
and depth charges. A single embarked anti-Submarine Z9EC helicopter provides a stand-off ASW capability. A bow-
mounted Atlas electronic sonar, believed to be the Atlas Elektronik DSQS-23BZ, is also fitted.
Primary sensors include the SUR 17 air surveillance radar with the Yagi antenna array (Type 517 NATO Knife Rest), the
SR60 (type 360S) surface that works in conjunction with the FM-90, and KH2007 navigational radars. Fire control radars
include two Type 347 trackers, mounted fore and aft for gunfire control and a single Type 345 director mounted atop the
bridge for the HQ-7/FM-90. An unknown radar and an EO tracker are mounted atop the hangar to provide data and
control the twin Type 730B CIWS mounts.
An as yet unidentified electronic warfare system with ESM and electronic countermeasure (ECM) functionality
features several prominent cylindrical antennae mounted on the foremast along with two six-barrelled decoy launchers
mounted on the platforms on the second deck beneath the ESM/jammer antennae. The type of combat direction
system is unknown.
The F-22P has a CODAD propulsion system with four diesels of an unknown type, each rated at 5700kW driving two
shafts through two Renk AS 2x126F gearboxes. Cruising speed is listed as 16knots, while maximum speed is 29knots.
Range is 4000nm.
Pakistan is also understood to be seeking other frigate or destroyer-sized platforms from the US and other European
navies to bolster its fleet.
42 Warship Technology March 2010
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