PNS Taimur is the second of four Chinese built Type 054A/P (Tughril-class) frigates ordered by the Pakistan Navy. The ship was launched on 29 January 2021 at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, China. She was commissioned into service on 23 June 2022 in Shanghai. She is a Pakistan-specific variant of Type 054A frigate and the most technologically sophisticated warships ever exported by China to date. She conducted training exercises with the Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Cambodia on August 15 after Bangladesh denied the ship permission to dock at Chattogram Port. In January 2026 she test fired a LY-80(N) missile.On 13 April 2026 she arivved in Colombo to conduct execises with the Sri Lankan Navy along with PNS Aslat.
See also PNS Taimur
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