Class overview | |
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Name | Azmat class |
Builders | |
Operators | Pakistan Navy |
Subclasses | Type 037II Houjian |
Cost | |
Built | 2011–2019 |
In service | 2012 – present |
In commission | 2012– present |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 4 |
Active | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fast attack craft[2] |
Displacement | 560 tons (standard) 673 tons (PNS Haibat) |
Length | 63 m (206 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) |
Complement | 15, 5 officers, 10 enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
The Azmat-class stealth fast attack craft (military designation: Azmat FAC(M))[3] is a class of missile-bearing fast attack craft, currently in service with the Pakistan Navy. The Azmat-class is based on the Chinese design, Houjian class. The Pakistani Azmat-class is the modernized version according to the requirements of Pakistan Navy.[4]
The project was jointly designed and constructed in Pakistan and China after a partnership agreement was signed between two Chinese contractors, China State Shipbuilding Corporation and the Xingang Shipyard and the Pakistan-based KSEW Ltd.[5] The Azmat-class ships are intended for deployment in maritime patrol, anti-surface warfare, anti-air warfare, search-and-rescue (SAR) and anti-piracy missions.[5]