HMS Alacrity (F174)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alacrity.
HMS Alacrity was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Alacrity |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Commissioned | 2 July 1977 |
Decommissioned | 1 March 1994 |
Identification | Pennant number: F174 |
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Fate | Sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 |
Pakistan | |
Name | PNS Badr |
Commissioned | 1 March 1994 |
Decommissioned | April 2013 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 21 frigate |
Displacement | 3,250 tons full load |
Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 9 in (12.73 m) |
Draught | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
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Complement | 177 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter, later refitted for 1 × Lynx |
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Alacrity was active during the Falklands War of 1982, where she sank a supply ship, survived Exocet-missile attacks and rescued men from the Atlantic Conveyor. She was transferred to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 and renamed PNS Badr.