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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | River-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| 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 |
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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.