HMS Arrow (F173)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Arrow.
HMS Arrow was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.
Quick Facts History, United Kingdom ...
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Arrow |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Laid down | 28 September 1972 |
Launched | 5 February 1974 |
Commissioned | 28 July 1976 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1994 |
Identification | Pennant number: F173 |
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Fate | Sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 |
Pakistan | |
Name | PNS Khaibar |
Acquired | 1 March 1994 |
Status | Ship in active service |
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) |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range | 4,000 nmi (7,408 km; 4,603 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 × Lynx |
Close
Arrow was active during the Falklands War of 1982, where she provided naval gunfire support (NGFS) and rescued most of the surviving crew from HMS Sheffield. She was sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 and renamed PNS Khaibar.