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Guided missile frigate
Zulfiquar-class frigate is a guided missile frigate. It was built by Hudong–Zhonghua , China KS&EW Ltd , Pakistan. Reported operators include Pakistan Navy.
PakistanZulfiqar class
Hudong–Zhonghua , China KS&EW Ltd , Pakistan
Pakistan Navy
Tariq class
Tughril-class frigate Jinnah class
Type 053H3 frigate
$750 million USD (4 Ships) $187.5 million USD per unit
2006–2009
2008–present
2009–present
4
4
4
Guided missile frigate
2,500 tonnes (standard) 3,144 tonnes (full load)
123.2 m (404 ft 2 in)
13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
3.76 m (12 ft 4 in)
CODAD 4 × Pielstick 16PA6STC at 5.1 MW (6,800 hp) 4 × MTU diesels generator set 8V396TE54 at 680 kW (910 hp)
29 knots (54 km/h) maximum
4,000 nmi (7,400 km)
15 Officers, 200 Enlists
SUR 17 / Type 517 long range radar air surveillance radar SR-60 / Type 360 Radar air/surface search radar KH 2007 navigation radar Atlas ASO-94 Hull Mounted Sonar 2 x Type 347 CIWS fire-control radar (fore and aft) Type 345 SAM fire-control radar CIWS electro-optical director Radar warning receiver suite
RWD-8 intercept, NJ8I-3 jammer Decoy flare , chaff launchers
Guns: 1 × 76.2 mm calibre AK–176 M main gun 2 × Type 730B CIWS Missiles: 1 × 8-cell FM-90N SAM launcher 2 × 4-cell C-802 SSM launchers Other: 2 × 3-cell ET-52C torpedo launchers 2 × 6-cell RDC-32 anti-submarine rockets 1 x 1-cell Anti-ship ballistic missile 2 x 1-cell cruise missile
1 × Harbin Z-9 EC ASW helicopter
Flight deck and enclosed hangar
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 123.2 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Zulfiquar-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
PakistanNavy exact named equipment holdings of Zulfiquar (PRC Type-053H3 mod). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / FFGHM. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.