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Pakistan Navy holds commissioning ceremony of PNS Tughril.


| 2022

According to information published by the Pakistan Navy on January 24, 2022, the official commissioning ceremony of Type 054A/P frigate PNS Tughril was be held in Karachi.
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Russian Vyborg Shipyard laid the Purga ice class coastguard ship of project 23550 925 001 Type 054A/P frigate PNS Tughril at Karachi (Picture source: Twitter account of Malik Ali Raza)


PNS Tughril is the first of four Type 054A frigates ordered by the Pakistan Navy.

The Type 054A  frigate is a class of Chinese multi-role frigates, the first of which entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 2007. It is a development of the Type 054 frigate, using the same hull but with improved sensors and weapons.

The Type 054A was first revealed while under construction at the Guangzhou-based Huangpu Shipyard in 2005.

The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The vessel's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.

The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A.


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