Babur-class corvette

Class overview
Name	Babur class
Builders	Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY); Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW);
Operators	Pakistan Navy
Built	2019–present
Planned	4
Building	3
Completed	1
Active	1
General characteristics
Type	Multi-purpose corvette
Displacement	2,888 t (2,842 long tons)
Length	108.8 m (356 ft 11 in)
Beam	14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Draught	4.05 m (13 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × MTU 16V 595 TE90; 1 × General Electric LM2500;
Propulsion	CODAG
Speed	27–31 knots (50–57 km/h; 31–36 mph) (Maximum)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)
Endurance	15 days
Sensors and ; processing systems	Combat Suite :-; HAVELSAN GENESİS ADVENT Combat Management System (CMS); Radar :-; Aselsan SMART-S Mk2 S-Band 3D radar; Aselsan ALPER LPI radar; Aselsan AKREP (AKR-D Block B-1/2) fire-control radar; Northrop Grumman LN-270 INS/GPS navigation system; Sonar :-; Meteksan YAKAMOS hull-mounted sonar; Tracking Systems :-; Aselsan SeaEye-AHTAPOT electro-optical surveillance system; Aselsan PIRI infrared search and track system (IRST); Data Links :-; MilSOFT Naval Information Exchange System (NIXS) C4I; Pakistan-developed "Link Green" tactical data link;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Aselsan ARES-2NC Radar ESM
Armament	Anti-air warfare :-; 12 × Albatross NG (CAMM-ER) surface-to-air missiles launcher; Anti-surface warfare :-; 2 × triple-cell missile launchers, for 6 P-282 Hypersonic anti-ship missiles; Anti-submarine warfare :-; 2 × 3-cell Mark 32 324 mm lightweight torpedo tubes; Guns :-; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm CIWS ; 2 × Aselsan STOP 25 mm remote weapon stations; Decoys :-; Aselsan HIZIR torpedo-countermeasure system;
Aviation facilities	Flight deck with enclosed aviation hangar, for 1 anti-submarine helicopter (presumably the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat)
Notes	Pakistan-specific variant of Ada-class corvette

The Babur-class corvette, also known as the PN MILGEM class, is a class of four heavy corvettes under construction for the Pakistan Navy. This class is a subclass of the Turkish MILGEM project. The corvette class is heavier and larger than the Turkish Ada-class corvette and are also equipped with VLS.

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