List of active Pakistan Navy ships

List of active Pakistan Navy ships is a list of ships, submarines, and other watercraft currently in service with the Pakistan Navy.

Naval Ensign of the Pakistan Navy

Surface fleet

Frigate
Class Picture Type Origin Ship Displacement Note
Frigates (8 in service 4+4 on order)
F-22P Zulfiquar-class Multi-Role Guided Missile Frigate China/Pakistan PNS Zulfiquar (251)
PNS Shamsheer (252)
PNS Saif (253)
PNS Aslat (254)		 3,144 tonnes Based on Type 053H3 frigates.[1] First three ships were constructed in China and the fourth ship was built in Pakistan with transfer of technology.[2]
Type 21 Tariq-class Multi-Role Guided Missile Frigate United Kingdom PNS Tariq (F-181)
PNS Khaibar (F-183)
PNS Shah Jahan (F-185)		 3,250 tonnes Ex Royal Navy Type 21 frigates acquired in 1993–1994.[3] Three ships PNS Badar, PNS Tippu Sultan (F-186) and PNS Babur have been decommissioned.
Alamgir-class Multi-Role Guided Missile Frigate United States PNS Alamgir (F-260) 4,200 tonnes 6 ships ordered. Deliveries uncertain. Only 1 Ex United States Navy Oliver Hazard Perry class acquired in August 2010.[4]
Type 054AP
Multi-Role Guided Missile Frigate China
4,100 tons 4 ships of this class are on order which will be delivered by 2021. Few more will be ordered after Y2023.[5]
Jinnah Class
Multi-Role Guided Missile Frigate Turkey/Pakistan
3000+ tons 4 ordered & 2 more optional. These ships based on the futuristic Istanbul-class frigate will be built under ToT at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works

[6] [7] [8]

Corvette
Class Picture Type Origin Ship Displacement Notes
Corvettes (1 in service + 5 on order)
Yarmook Class Multi-purpose

ASW ASuW AAW Corvette

 Damen

Romania

 PNS Yarmook (F-271)
PNS Tabuk (F-272)
2,400 tons Damen built PNS Yarmook commissioned in Feb 2020. Second ship scheduled for delivery in May 2020. Two more planned under Navy modernization project.[9]

[10] [11] [12]

Ada-class corvette
Multi-purpose

ASW ASuW AAW Corvette

 Turkey/Pakistan
2,400 tons 4 multirole corvette ordered. These are modified version of Ada-class corvette with new weapons in which noticeable feature in 16 cell VLS for HHQ-16 SAM.

[6] [13] [14] [6] [15]

75M Swiftship
 Multi-purpose Corvette United States
2,000 tons 2 ships on order. No official confirmation yet.[16]

Patrol vessel
Class Picture Type Origin Ship Displacement Note
Patrol Vessels (12 active 2+6 on order )
Azmat-class Fast attack craft / Missile boat China / Pakistan PNS Azmat
PNS Dehshat
PNS Himmat



[17]

 560 tons Based on Type 037II Houjian-class missile boat.[18] First ship was built in China and the remaining three ships were built in Pakistan with transfer of technology.[19] Fourth ship launched & two more planned.[20]

[21] [22]

Tuzla class / FAC-55
Fast attack craft / Missile boat Turkey / Pakistan



[23]		 400-600 tons 4-6 fast attack crafts are planned based on Turkey Tuzla class or 'FAC-55' fast attack craft to guard the newly built Gwadar deep sea port & secure the coastal regions.[24][23][25]
Type 22 class Fast attack craft China / Pakistan







250 tons 8 fast attack crafts are planned based on Type 22 class to replace the ageing Jurrat class & Jalalat class.
Jurrat class Missile boat Germany/Pakistan PNS Jurrat
PNS Quwwat		 250 tons Commissioned in 2006, German designed Fast Patrol Boat built under ToT at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works. Scheduled to be replaced by Type 22 class in the near future[26]
Jalalat-class Missile boat Pakistan PNS Jalalat
PNS Shujaat		 250 tons Scheduled to be replaced by Type 22 class in the near future[27]
Larkana-class Gunboat Pakistan PNS Larkana 180 tons Scheduled to be replaced by MRTP-33 class or MRTP-35 class in the near future[28]
Fast Patrol Boat United Kingdom PNS Rajshahi Scheduled to be replaced by MRTP-33 class or MRTP-35 class in the near future[29]
MRTP-33 Fast attack craft Turkey PNS Zarrar
PNS Karrar		 120 tons Few more MRTP-33 or MRTP-35 crafts are planned[30]

Mine countermeasures
Class Picture Type Origin Ship Displacement Note
Mine Countermeasure (3)
Munsif Class Minehunter France / Pakistan PNS Munsif
PNS Muhafiz
PNS Mujahid		 536 tonnes Ex Tripartite-class mine hunters. First two ships were built in France, third ship was assembled in Pakistan.[31]

Submarine fleet
Class Picture Type Origin Boat Displacement Note
Conventional-powered submarines (8 in service + 8 on order)
Agosta-90B class
Attack Submarine France/Pakistan PNS Khalid (S137)

PNS Saad (S138)

PNS Hamza (S139)

 2,050 tonnes First submarine was built in France and under the ToT agreement the next two were built at Karachi shipyard, Pakistan[32] Being upgraded by STM, Turkey.[33][34]
Agosta-70 class Attack Submarine France PNS Hashmat (S135)

PNS Hurmat (S136)

 1,760 tonnes These submarines were originally intended to be sold to South Africa, but after the UN embargo on it, they were sold to Pakistan instead.[35]
Type 039B submarine
Attack Submarine China/Pakistan
2,600 t (4)

3,600 t (4)

 8 submarines are on order from China under the Transfer of Technology agreement at a price of $5 billion
Midget submarine
Shallow Water Attack Submarine(SWAS) Italy X-Craft

X-Craft

X-Craft

 110 tons 3 active. These mini-submarines designed by Italian firm M/s COSMOS in 1986. First craft was brought to Pakistan in semi knock down condition in 1988.
Midget submarine Special Purpose Submarine Pakistan
unspecified 1 launched. In its 2015-2016 yearbook, Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) listed the development and construction of a Indigenous 01 Midget submarine.[36]

[37][38]

Auxiliary fleet

Replenishment
Class Picture Type Origin Ship Displacement Note
Replenishment Ships (6)
Small tankers Pakistan PNS Madadgar

PNS Rasadgar

 Built by KSEW, both ships were commissioned on 19 July 2011.[39]
Moawin class Replenishment oiler Pakistan PNS Moawin 17,000 tonnes
Fuqing class Replenishment oiler China PNS Nasr 15,000 tonnes Type 905 replenishment tanker. Bought from China and commissioned on 26 August 1987.[40][41]
Coastal tankers Pakistan PNS Gwadar

PNS Kalmat

 Built by KSEW, ships were commissioned on 5 November 1984 and 29 August 1992 respectively.[42][43]

Other
Class Picture Type Origin Ship Displacement Note
Other (8)
Tall sail United Kingdom PNS Rah Naward Ex Prince William initially built in Germany and completed by Appledore Shipbuilders, was acquired from Tall Ship Youth Trust and commissioned on 23 September 2010.[44]
Dredging Vessel China PNS Behr Kusha Built by Zhoushan Zhaobao Shipyard and commissioned on 15 August 2008.[44]
Hydrographic Vessel Japan PNS Behr Paima Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and commissioned in 1983.Might be replaced by BEHR MASAH.[44]
Backhoe dredger China PNS Rah Khusa Built by China Tianjin Shipyard and commissioned on 15 March 2018.[17][45]
Split Hoppers Barges China PNS Tarseel 1
PNS Tarseel 2		 Built by China Tianjin Shipyard and commissioned on 15 March 2018.[17][45]
Hydrographic

Survey Vessel

 China PNS Behr Masah 3,000 tonnes[46] Built by Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry in China.

Commissioned on 4 November 2019[47]

See also

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