BABUR guided missile destroyer (1963/1982)

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Babur 1982

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
بابر [Babur] (ex-London)	C84		Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	26.2.1960	7.12.1961	14.11.1963 // 22.3.1982	training hulk 1993

Displacement standard, t	5440
Displacement full, t	6800
Length, m	153.9 pp 158.6 oa
Breadth, m	16.4
Draught, m	6.30 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	COSAG: 2 sets AEI geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers + 4 G6 gas turbines
Power, h. p.	30000+30000=60000
Max speed, kts	32.5
Fuel, t	oil 600
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(28)
Armament	1 x 2 Sea Slug SAM (36), 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (8), 2 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 helicopter (Alouette III)
Electronic equipment	type 965 AKE-1, type 277, type 978, type 992Q, type 901, type 903, 2x type 904 radars, type 170B, type 174, type 177, type 162 sonars, UA-8, UA-9 ECM suites, 2x Corvus decoy RL
Complement	470

Babur 1985

Babur 1982

Former RN County class destroyer. Classified as cruiser.

1984: - 1 x 2 Sea Slug SAM, type 901 radar

late 1980s: - Alouette III helicopter, type 170B, type 174 sonars; + Sea King helicopter, type 176 sonar

No significant events.