TSAMTO, January 25. According to the information published by the Pakistani Navy, on January 24, an official ceremony was held in Karachi for the adoption of the lead (out of four ordered by the Pakistani Navy in China) frigate of the Type-054A/P class, Tagril.
As reported by TSAMTO, the contract concluded in June 2017 for the supply of the first two Chinese-built Type-054A/P frigates to the Pakistani Navy became known at the end of 2017. In June 2018, a contract was signed for the supply of two additional frigates of the series. The total cost of the sale was not disclosed. Initially, it was planned that the delivery would be fully completed in 2021. However, the project is behind schedule. It is assumed that the delivery of all ships will be completed by the end of 2022. The new ships will replace the outdated Tarik-class frigates (Type-21).
The launching ceremony of the Type-054A/P class lead frigate, "Tagril" (Tughril), took place at the Hudong Zhonghua enterprise on August 22, 2020. The second was launched on January 29, 2021. In November 2019, a ceremony was held to mark the start of steel cutting for the construction of the second pair of Type-054A/P class frigates. The launching of the third frigate took place in August 2021, the fourth – in December 2021.
The lead frigate of the series, Tagril, was handed over to the Pakistani Navy during a ceremony held at the Hudong Zhonghua enterprise in Shanghai on November 8, 2021.
The Type-054A class frigate (Jiangkai-2) is a modern warship adopted by the PLA Navy in 2007. The length of the frigate is 134 m, the maximum width is 16 m, the displacement is 4050 tons, the crew is 165 people. The ship is equipped with a combined CODAD-type GEU with four 16 PA6V-280 STC diesel engines with a capacity of 5700 kW from SEMT Pielstick and develops a maximum speed of 27 knots. The cruising range is 3,800 nautical miles at a speed of 18 knots.
The exact data on the armament and means of detecting the Type-054A/P frigates of the Pakistani Navy have not yet been disclosed.
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The armament of the PLA Navy frigate includes a 76-mm artillery mount PJ26, two 30-mm AU "Type-1130". The ship is equipped with a 32-container vertical launcher, which allows the use of HHQ-16 anti-aircraft guided missiles (firing range up to 40 km), two quadruple launchers with C-803 anti-ship missiles. To expand the capabilities to combat submarines, the frigate is equipped with GAS installed on the hull, two RBU-1200 rocket-propelled bombing launchers, two three-tube 324-mm torpedo tubes with light Yu-7 torpedoes. The ship can receive Ka-28 or Z-9C helicopters.
