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BABUR light cruiser (1944/1956)


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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 equipmenttype 293, type 281B, type 974, type 284, 2x type 285 radars
Complement

588



Standard scale images


<i>Babur </i>1965
Babur 1965


Graphics


<i>Babur </i>1976
Babur 1976


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.