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Babur 1976

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
بابر [Babur] (ex-Diadem), 1982- جہانگیر [Jahangir]	C84		Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK	15.12.1939	26.8.1942	6.1.1944 // 29.2.1956	TS 1961, stricken 1982

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	5900
Displacement full, t	7560
Length, m	147.8 pp 156.1 oa
Breadth, m	15.4
Draught, m	5.60
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	62000
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	oil 1100
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(18)
Armour, mm	belt: 76, bulkheads: 25, turrets: 13, deck: 51 - 25
Armament	4 x 2 - 133/50 Mk 2, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 8 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 3 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	type 293, type 281B, type 974, type 284, 2x type 285 radars
Complement	588

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Project history

Former RN light cruiser Diadem of Bellona class, refitted after acquiring, armament (old consisted of 4 x 2 - 133/50 Mk 2, 3 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 2 x 3 - 533 TT) was modernized. Radars were also partially replaced by new models. Commissioned under Pakistan flag 5.7.1957.

Protection

Belt protected about 60% of ship length, its thickness decreased to 102mm at upper edge, belt was covered by 51mm main deck. Ship ends were protected by 31mm belt and 37mm deck.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1961 Babur became a TS.