Azmat-class fast attack craft

The Azmat-class stealth fast attack craft (military designation: Azmat FAC(M))^[3] is a class of missile-bearing fast attack craft, currently in service with the Pakistan Navy. The Azmat-class is based on the Chinese design, Houjian class. The Pakistani Azmat-class is the modernized version according to the requirements of Pakistan Navy.^[4]

Class overview
Name	Azmat class
Builders	China State Shipbuilding Corp. Xingang Shipyard, China KSEW Ltd, Pakistan
Operators	Pakistan Navy
Subclasses	Type 037II Houjian
Cost	$200 million USD (4 Ships)[1] ($50 million USD per unit)
Built	2011–2019
In service	2012 – present
In commission	2012– present
Planned	4
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft[2]
Displacement	560 tons (standard) 673 tons (PNS Haibat)
Length	63 m (206 ft 8 in)
Beam	8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Draught	2.46 m (8 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	CODAD 4 × Pielstick at 1,584 hp (1,181 kW) with 3 shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi)
Complement	15, 5 officers, 10 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	SR-60 / Type 360 Radar air/surface search radar KH 2007 navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	RIBAT ESM System (GIDS Pakistan) PJ-46 Chaff launchers
Armament	Guns: 1 × 30 mm AK-630M CIWS 1 × Aselsan STAMP Anti Submarine Warfare: Anti Submarine Rockets (PNS Haibat) Anti Ship / Land Attack: 2 × 4-cell C-802 ASCM launchers OR 2 × 3-cell Harbah SSM launchers

The project was jointly designed and constructed in Pakistan and China after a partnership agreement was signed between two Chinese contractors, China State Shipbuilding Corporation and the Xingang Shipyard and the Pakistan-based KSEW Ltd.^[5] The Azmat-class ships are intended for deployment in maritime patrol, anti-surface warfare, anti-air warfare, search-and-rescue (SAR) and anti-piracy missions.^[5]

List of vessels

Pennant number	Name	Call sign	Commissioned	Contracting builder
1013	PNS Azmat	Azmat	24 April 2012	China State Shipbuilding Corp. and Xingang Shipyard in China[6]
1014	PNS Dehshat	Dehshat	12 June 2014	KSEW Ltd in Pakistan[7]
1027	PNS Himmat	Himmat	29 July 2017	KSEW Ltd. in Pakistan.[8]
1028	PNS Haibat	Haibat	31 March 2022	KSEW Ltd. in Pakistan.[9]