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<h2 id="negotiation-and-procurement">Negotiation and procurement</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Pakistan_-_United_Kingdom_relations/Ju6xToRg">Pakistan - United Kingdom relations</a></p> <p>Procurement of <a href="/facts/Type_21_frigate/K6fSs4Kk">Type 21 frigates</a> dates back to 1966 when the UK first made an offer to <a href="/facts/Pakistan/cbIsvJy1">Pakistan</a> to jointly build three Type 21 frigates. The <a href="/facts/President_Ayub_Khan/C2Bppz1g">Ayub</a> administration rejected the proposal as they wanted to allocate the funds to acquire <a href="/facts/Daphn%25C3%25A9-class_submarine/zbdcxkql"><i>Daphné</i>-class</a> <a href="/facts/Submarine/6fhcAKHV">submarines</a> from <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> Since 1966, the Pakistan Navy had wanted to acquire Type 21 frigates from the UK, submitting several proposals to the <a href="/facts/Government_of_Pakistan/Uf3h0V3v">Government of Pakistan</a> for acquiring the Type 21 frigates in 1970s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>In 1987–88, <a href="/facts/Admiral/yVklo91m">Admiral</a> <a href="/facts/Tariq_Kamal_Khan/wWVQdhjy">Tariq Kamal Khan</a> entered into negotiations with the <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> and began lobbying the <a href="/facts/Zia_regime/hsu8PwTw">Zia administration</a> for releasing the funds to acquire the Type 21 frigates in 1988.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>Despite the initial efforts with the Royal Navy, the Pakistan Navy leased four <a href="/facts/Garcia-class_frigate/pCaoUKaA"><i>Garcia</i>-class</a> frigate and four <a href="/facts/Brooke-class_frigate/azRWH0QU"><i>Brooke</i>-class</a> frigate from the <a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a> in 1988; the selection was based on technological evaluation and Pakistani military specifications.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The lease was set for five years with an option of renewing or purchasing the lease afterwards based on the mutual understanding between two nations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>After the enforcement of the <a href="/facts/Larry_Pressler/VtkWUjwE">military embargo</a> by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Congress/mJlU46K7">United States Congress</a> in 1994, the lease was not renewed, therefore, the eight warships had to be returned to the United States Navy in <a href="/facts/Singapore/CQDkhUvD">Singapore</a>, resulting Pakistan's sea borders vulnerable to foreign activities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p>During this time, Admiral <a href="/facts/Saeed_Mohammad_Khan/G7X8nnYM">Saeed Mohammad Khan</a> used his personal relations with the British <a href="/facts/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)/B1nSE84y">Admiral of the Fleet</a> Sir <a href="/facts/Julian_Oswald/jP5YyIC5">Julian Oswald</a>, who helped him negotiate with the <a href="/facts/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom/3zLlUWbx">British government</a> to immediately procure and acquire the six remaining Type 21 frigates<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> from the British in 1993–94.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Ministry_of_Defence_(Pakistan)/So92LcFT">Pakistan Ministry of Defence</a> authorized the purchase of the Type 21 frigates from the United Kingdom for <a href="/facts/United_States_Dollar/naEEDUhC">US$</a>60 million, and reportedly spent nearly the same amount on converting and modernizing the warships from general purpose frigates to destroyer standards.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p><p>On 1 November 1993, the <a href="/facts/Lead_ship/s2NkkAdD">lead ship</a>, <i>Tariq</i> (formerly <a href="/facts/HMS_Ambuscade_(F172)/MXLGEdts">HMS <i>Ambuscade</i></a>), reported to <a href="/facts/Karachi_Naval_Dockyard/eIy8Ts5p">the naval base in Karachi</a> and the transfer of all warships was completed on 1 January 1995.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> The induction of the <i>Tariq</i>-class destroyers marked the replacement of the <i>Garcia</i> and <i>Brooke</i>-class frigates in the Pakistan Navy's surface command.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="modernization">Modernization</h2> <p>In 2002, it was reported that Pakistan had spent additional <a href="/facts/United_States_Dollar/naEEDUhC">US$</a>60 million to modernize the <i>Tariq</i>-class fleet according their Navy's specification from the general purpose frigates to the combat variant destroyer standards.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> In the service of the <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a>, the <a href="/facts/Seacat_(missile)/tPboGote">Seacat</a>, <a href="/facts/Exocet/D6leL5eH">Exocet</a>, torpedo tubes, and <a href="/facts/Westland_Lynx/GEwjFoq7">Lynx helicopters</a> were distinct features in the <i>Amazon</i>/Type 21 frigates.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> With the Pakistan Navy's service, Exocet and the <a href="/facts/Seacat_(missile)/tPboGote">Seacat</a> missiles were removed as well as torpedo tubes which were subsequently removed in all warships with the exception made in <i>Badr</i> and <i>Shah Jahan</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p><p>The weapon systems and computers fitted in the <i>Tariq</i>s features Swedish technology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> The <a href="/facts/Flight_deck/6TX3sG3c">flight deck</a> and the Lynx helicopters remained with the <i>Tariq</i>s and arrived in Karachi with their respective warships.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> </p><p>The Royal Navy did not transfer the Exocet and <a href="/facts/Seacat_(missile)/tPboGote">Seacat</a> missiles that were replaced with the Chinese-made <a href="/facts/LY-60_%2f_FD-60_%2f_PL10/AWpzvNLu">LY-60</a> <a href="/facts/Surface-to-air_missile/2qEW5P07">SAM system</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> Instead, the more capable U.S.-built <a href="/facts/Harpoon_(missile)/60bT9d2q">Harpoon</a> missiles were installed to replace the British weapon systems.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> Extensive installation of computer software and missile deployments allowed the <a href="/facts/Hull_classification_symbol/sF0X1daX">classification</a> of <i>Tariq</i> from the <a href="/facts/Hull_classification_symbol/sF0X1daX">DDE</a> (destroyer escort) to the <a href="/facts/Guided_missile_destroyer/1g9lAzwP">DDG</a> (guided missile), with lead ship featuring the installation of LY-60 guided missiles.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> </p><p>In 2008, it was reported by the <a href="/facts/Inter-Services_Public_Relations/pPkeUJDs">Inter-Services Public Relations</a> (ISPR) that the Pakistan Navy have successfully tested a flight takeoff and landing of the <a href="/facts/Camcopter_S-100/s49aCsWE">Camcopter S-100</a> <a href="/facts/Unmanned_aerial_vehicles/qt87T19t">UAV</a> from a <i>Tariq</i>-class flight deck.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="ships">Ships</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Image</th><th>Name</th><th>Former name</th><th>Commissioned with RN</th><th>Fate</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/PNS_Babur_(1993)/wAtPsMhx"><i>Babur</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/HMS_Amazon_(F169)/cpTBrkmN"><i>Amazon</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ship_commissioning/aPxGm7yB">Commissioned</a> in the <a href="/facts/Royal_Navy/Xdy8YCH7">Royal Navy</a> in 1974</td><td>Transferred in 1993 to <a href="/facts/Pakistan_Navy/po39ztHS">Pakistan Navy</a>. <a href="/facts/Decommissioning_pennant/b3TsGc3y">Decommissioned</a> in December 2014. Scrapped for metal acquisition by National Shipping Corporation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/PNS_Tariq_(D-181)/w75NDr2K"><i>Tariq</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/HMS_Ambuscade_(F172)/MXLGEdts"><i>Ambuscade</i></a></td><td>Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1975.</td><td>Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1993, served as the <a href="/facts/Lead_ship/s2NkkAdD">lead ship</a> of her class until 2023.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/PNS_Tippu_Sultan_(D-185)/U69E08MR"><i>Tippu Sultan</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/HMS_Avenger_(F185)/vzDMKYHM"><i>Avenger</i></a></td><td>Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1975</td><td>Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1994. Decommissioned in 2020. Sunk as Target in 2020.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/PNS_Khaibar_(D-183)/g2PReVIM"><i>Khaibar</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/HMS_Arrow_(F173)/m5Tm4w5g"><i>Arrow</i></a></td><td>Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1976</td><td>Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1994. Decommissioned and sunk as target ship during <a href="/facts/Exercise_Sea_Spark/Ixe8Fu7p">Exercise Sea Spark</a> in 2022.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/PNS_Badr_(D-184)/v2Qg2wXm"><i>Badr</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/HMS_Alacrity_(F174)/mAe3B869"><i>Alacrity</i></a></td><td>Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1977</td><td>Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1994. Decommissioned in 2014. Scrap for metal acquisition by National Shipping Corporation<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="/facts/PNS_Shah_Jahan_(D-186)/3nBFdhol"><i>Shah Jahan</i></a></td><td><a href="/facts/HMS_Active_(F171)/XJdEIhGo"><i>Active</i></a></td><td>Commissioned into Royal Navy in 1977</td><td>Transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1994. Decommissioned in January 2021. Sunk as Target in 2021<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="citations">Citations</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/James_Goldrick/26pgT0sB">Goldrick, R. Adm James</a> (1997). "Pakistan Navy: 1947–71". <a href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf"><i>No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996</i></a> (PDF) (1st ed.). Surrey, Eng.: Lancer Publishers. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781897829028. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Australian Navy.</li> <li>Shah, Mian Zahir (2001). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=goDfAAAAMAAJ&q=saeed+M+Khan+commander+pakistan"><i>Bubbles of Water: Or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy</i></a>. Karachi, Pakistan: PN Book Club Publication. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9789698318031 – via Google Books.</li> <li>Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&pg=PA97">"Evolution of the Navy"</a>. <i>The Armed Forces of Pakistan</i> (1st ed.). NYU Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9780814716335 – via Google Books.</li> <li>Anwar, Muhammad (2006). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U2IQ7bkak5wC&pg=PA66"><i>Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer</i></a> (1st ed.). London, UK: AuthorHouse. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781425900205 – via Google Books.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181612/http://pakdef.org/tariq-amazon-class-type-21-ddff/">"Tariq (Amazon) Class (TYPE 21) (DD/FF) « PakDef Military Consortium"</a>. <i>pakdef.org</i>. Archived from <a href="http://pakdef.org/tariq-amazon-class-type-21-ddff/">the original</a> on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Tariq Class (UK Amazon Type 21)". <a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/d-tariq.htm" target="_blank">http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/d-tariq.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Goldrick 1997, p. 147–148. - Goldrick, R. Adm James (1997). "Pakistan Navy: 1947–71". No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 (PDF) (1st ed.). Surrey, Eng.: Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Australian Navy. <a href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Shah 2001, p. 476. - Shah, Mian Zahir (2001). Bubbles of Water: Or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy. Karachi, Pakistan: PN Book Club Publication. ISBN 9789698318031 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=goDfAAAAMAAJ&q=saeed+M+Khan+commander+pakistan" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=goDfAAAAMAAJ&q=saeed+M+Khan+commander+pakistan</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Shabbir, Usman (1 June 2003). "Tariq (Amazon) Class (TYPE 21) (DD/FF) « PakDef Military Consortium". pakdef.org. Karachi, Sindh Pak.: Pakistan Military Consortium. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181612/http://pakdef.org/tariq-amazon-class-type-21-ddff/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181612/http://pakdef.org/tariq-amazon-class-type-21-ddff/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Singh, Kunwar Rajendra (2002). Navies of South Asia. New Delhi: Rupa & Co. p. 197. ISBN 978-8129100498. <a href="978-8129100498" target="_blank">978-8129100498</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Camcopter S-100 – Continued Success in Shipboard Trials (PDF), Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH, 14 April 2008 <a href="http://www.schiebel.net/pdf/2008-04%20PR%20Shipboard%20Pakistan.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.schiebel.net/pdf/2008-04%20PR%20Shipboard%20Pakistan.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Anis, Ema; Ghauri, Irfan (21 April 2014). "Journalists' visit: Navy to shift focus to Ormara base". The Express Tribune. Ormara, Balochistan, Pk. Retrieved 14 December 2018. <a href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/698317/journalists-visit-navy-to-shift-focus-to-ormara-base/" target="_blank">https://tribune.com.pk/story/698317/journalists-visit-navy-to-shift-focus-to-ormara-base/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Goldrick 1997, p. 63. - Goldrick, R. Adm James (1997). "Pakistan Navy: 1947–71". No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 (PDF) (1st ed.). Surrey, Eng.: Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Australian Navy. <a href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Goldrick 1997, p. 65. - Goldrick, R. Adm James (1997). "Pakistan Navy: 1947–71". No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 (PDF) (1st ed.). Surrey, Eng.: Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Australian Navy. <a href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Anwar 2006, p. 62–63. - Anwar, Muhammad (2006). Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer (1st ed.). London, UK: AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425900205 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=U2IQ7bkak5wC&pg=PA66" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=U2IQ7bkak5wC&pg=PA66</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Goldrick 1997, p. 147–148. - Goldrick, R. Adm James (1997). "Pakistan Navy: 1947–71". No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 (PDF) (1st ed.). Surrey, Eng.: Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Australian Navy. <a href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Cheema 2002, p. 97. - Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal (2002). "Evolution of the Navy". The Armed Forces of Pakistan (1st ed.). NYU Press. ISBN 9780814716335 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&pg=PA97" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&pg=PA97</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Goldrick 1997, p. 148. - Goldrick, R. Adm James (1997). "Pakistan Navy: 1947–71". No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 (PDF) (1st ed.). Surrey, Eng.: Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Australian Navy. <a href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Goldrick 1997, p. 148. - Goldrick, R. Adm James (1997). "Pakistan Navy: 1947–71". No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, 1945-1996 (PDF) (1st ed.). Surrey, Eng.: Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9781897829028. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via Australian Navy. <a href="http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/PIAMA02.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Shah 2001, p. 476. - Shah, Mian Zahir (2001). Bubbles of Water: Or, Anecdotes of the Pakistan Navy. Karachi, Pakistan: PN Book Club Publication. ISBN 9789698318031 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=goDfAAAAMAAJ&q=saeed+M+Khan+commander+pakistan" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=goDfAAAAMAAJ&q=saeed+M+Khan+commander+pakistan</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Two Type 21s had been lost in the 1982 Falklands War <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" target="_blank">/wiki/Falklands_War</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Shah 2001, p. 476. - Shah, Mian Zahir (2001). 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