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Tughril 1972

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
تپپو سلطان [Tippu Sultan] (ex-Onslow)	D49, 4.1957- F249, 1963- F260		John Brown, Clydebank, UK	7.1940	31.3.1941	10.1941 // 30.9.1949	stricken 1980
طارق [Tariq] (ex-Offa)	D129		Fairfield, Govan, UK	7/1940	11.3.1941	9.1941 // 3.11.1949	to United Kingdom 7.1959
طغرل [Tughril] (ex-Onslaught)	D204, 4.1957- F204, 1963- F261		Fairfield, Govan, UK	1.1941	9.10.1941	6.1942 // 6.3.1951	stricken 1977

Technical data

Data variant	as commissioned	type 16 conversion
Displacement standard, t	1550	1793
Displacement full, t	2430	2593
Length, m	100.2 pp 105.2 oa	103.5 pp 109.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.7	10.9
Draught, m	4,32 deep load	4.90 deep load
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	40000	40000
Max speed, kts	37	36.75
Fuel, t	oil 472
Endurance, nm(kts)	3850(20)	1700 (20)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 18, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (60)	1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	type 271 (may be), type 272 (may be), type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar	type 293, type 974 radars, type 170, type 174P sonars
Complement	212	170 - 180

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Project history

Former RN 'O' class destroyers.

Modernizations

In 1957-1959 Tippu Sultan and Tughril were converted to type 16 frigates.

Naval service

Tughril was disarmed in 1977 and used as midshipmen's naval academy TS. Tippu Sultan was stricken in 1980 with her hulk being used as a work platform.