HMS Avenger (F185)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Avenger.
HMS Avenger was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, she was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position.
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PNS Tippu Sultan, former HMS Avenger | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Avenger |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 30 October 1974 |
Launched | 20 November 1975 |
Commissioned | 15 April 1978 |
Decommissioned | 23 September 1994 |
Homeport | HMNB Devonport |
Identification | Pennant number: F185 |
Honours and awards | Falkland Islands 1982 |
Fate | Sold to Pakistan on 23 September 1994 |
Pakistan | |
Name | PNS Tippu Sultan |
Acquired | 23 September 1994 |
Identification | Pennant number: D185 |
Fate | Expended as a target 27 April 2020 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 21 frigate |
Displacement | 3,250 tons full load |
Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) |
Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) official, 37 knots achievable on bursts |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Complement | 177 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Alouette III and 1 × Westland Lynx |
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