PNS Nasr

PNS Nasr (A47) in Colombo Harbour in Sri Lanka in 2017.
History
Pakistan
Name	Nasr
Builder	Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company
Launched	14 March 1986[1]
Acquired	1986
Commissioned	1 August 1987[2]
In service	26 August 1987[2]
Homeport	Karachi Naval Dockyard
Identification	A47[3]
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 905 replenishment oiler
Displacement	22,099 tons (full load)[4]
Length	171 metres (561 ft)[4]
Beam	21.8 metres (72 ft)[4]
Draught	9.4 metres (31 ft)[4]
Propulsion	1 × Sulzer 8RL B66 diesel engine;[4] 1 shaft;[4] Total output: 13,000 hp (9,700 kW)[4]
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[4]
Range	18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km; 21,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)[4]
Capacity	10,550 tons of fuel oil, 1000 tons of diesel, 200 tons of feed water, 200 tons of drinking water[4]
Complement	26 officers[1] 120 enlisted[1]
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Kelvin Hughes 1007 navigation radar[4] 1 × SPS-66 radar navigation radar[4]
Electronic warfare & decoys	Thales DR 3000 ESM[4] SRBOC Mk 36 chaff launcher[4] 2 × Rheinmetall MASS launchers[4]
Armament	1 × Phalanx CIWS[4] 2 × twin 37mm guns[4] 2 × 12.7mm machine guns[4]
Aircraft carried	1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III;[1] or 1 × Westland Sea King[1]
Aviation facilities	flight deck and hangar[4]

PNS Nasr (A47) is a Type 905 replenishment oiler of the Pakistan Navy. The oiler was constructed in the People's Republic of China by the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company and entered service in 1987.[3][4]

History

Nasr was ordered by Pakistan in late-1986 and completed to Pakistani requirements.[5] She entered service in 1987.[2]

A Phalanx CIWS was installed in 1995;[4] it may have come from the retired County-class destroyer PNS Babur.[1]

On 21 October 1998, the oiler suffered minor damage from being rammed by the commercial tanker Sun Marsat at Karachi.[1]

In April 2003, Nasr and PNS Babur deployed to the Port of Chittagong in Bangladesh to support the Bangladeshi Navy.[6] In 2006, she visited Langkawi in Malaysia before reporting back her homeport.[7]

She provided relief to the Maldives after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and was the first foreign contingent to start rescue operations there.[8]

Nasr participated in the 2014 Kakadu military exercise in Australia. A crewman deserted on September 7 at around 04:30 while the ship was docked at Darwin; he was found on September 8.[9]

In 2017, Nasr paid a goodwill visit, along with PNS Khaibar, to Sri Lanka, harbouring at the Port of Colombo to support the activities of Sri Lankan Navy.[8]

In 2018, Nasr and Khaibar, under the command of Commodore Javaid Iqbal, paid a goodwill visit to Tanzania, Mauritius, and Kenya to support their navies activities.[10]

In 2021, Nasr under the command of Capt Misbah ul Amin TI(M) conducted a disaster relief mission in Africa, sailing to Port Sudan, Djibouti,[11] and Cotonou,[12] and delivering 1,000 tonnes of rice as humanitarian aid from Pakistan to Djibouti, Sudan, Benin and Niger.[13] It also conducted a goodwill visit to Mombasa, Kenya.[13]

See also

• China–Pakistan relations
  • China–Pakistan military relations

References

1. Wertheim 2013, p. 512.
2. "Fleet Tankers". Pakistan Navy. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
3. Saunders 2015, p. 161.
4. Saunders 2015, p. 613.
5. Upadayay, M. D. (2015). Sino-Pak Nexus and Implications for India. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 978-93-84464-72-1. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
6. Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group. 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
7. Anwar, Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425900205.
8. "Pakistani Naval Ships PNS NASR and PNS Khaibar in Sri Lanka on a Goodwill visit". www.asiantribune.com. Asian Tribune. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
9. "Pakistani sailor alleged to have jumped ship in Darwin has been found". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
10. "PNS Khaibar, PNS Nasr Visit Dar es Salaam And Mombasa - Daily Times". Daily Times. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
11. "PNS Nasr visits ports in Djibouti, Sudan". Dawn.
12. "PNS NASR Delivers Food Aid Under the Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief Mission".
13. "PN ship returns after relief mission in Africa". Dawn. 15 April 2021.

Sources

• Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710631435.
• Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (16 ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1591149545.