PNS Tippu Sultan D-185

Type 21 Amazon class - FF - Frigate

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History of HMS Avenger F185

1974-oct-30	Laid down	Laid down Yard No 1012
1975-nov-20	Launched	Launched
1978-jul-19	Commissioned	Commissioned
1981-nov-23	Deployment	Deployment sailed from HMNB Devonport for West Indies Guardship duty, with Lynx HAS.2 XZ250/341-AG Purdy embarked.
1982-apr	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned 815 NAS Lynx HAS.2 XZ249 as /307 Apr 1982, then /341 by mid May 1982.
1982-may-10	Deployment	Deployment Operation Corporate Departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic, leaving theatre on 23 Aug 1982.
1983-may-04	Deployment	Deployment Gulf of Oman Lynx XZ249/341-AG ditched in Gulf of Oman
1985	Aircraft	Aircraft assigned Lynx XZ697
1989-jul-28	Deployment	Deployment HMD Devonport Navy Days 1989 present at Plymouth Navy Days 1989
1994	Decommissioned	Decommissioned
History of PNS Tippu Sultan D-185
1994	Commissioned	Commissioned ex UK RN HMS Avenger
History of HMS Avenger F185
1994-sep-23	Fate: transfered	Fate: transfered to Pakistan as PNS Tippu Sultan (185)
History of PNS Tippu Sultan D-185
2005-jun-24	Deployment	Deployment Fleet Review: Trafalgar 200 Present at Trafalgar 200 Fleet Review, off Browndown anchorage
2005-jul-01	Port Visit	Port Visit Present at International Festival of the Sea in Portsmouth with Alouette 3 36 aboard
2020-apr	Fate: sunk	Fate: sunk expended as target for Pakistani SS and AS missile tests, in Northern Arabian Sea.
2020-apr-27		Sunk as a target

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