08 July 2007
MUSCAT -- Pakistan Navy Ship Tippu Sultan will arrive here today on a goodwill visit.
PNS Tippu Sultan was commissioned on September 23, 1994 and is named after Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu who ruled Mysore, now a city in southern India, from 1762 to 1799.
Fateh Ali had mastered the arts of riding, lancing, archery and swordsmanship by the age of 15. His extraordinary valour earned him the title Tippu, which means "Tiger" in his native language. Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu was a great pillar of resistance against the British in the subcontinent.
The modernisation of PNS Tippu Sultan was successfully accomplished at the Pakistan Navy Dockyard. During the process of modernisation, the state-of-the-art equipment/weapons/sensors like ESM Set DR-3000 S1X, an air/surface surveillance long range radar DA-08, surface to air missile SAM LY-60 (N), two manual/automatic 30mm Anti Air DS-30 Guns, active towed array sonar (ATAS), wire guided active/passive homing torpedo system 43X2 and a modern command, control and commnications (C3) system were installed.
PNS Tippu Sultan is a leading ship of 25th Destroyer Squadron of Pakistan naval fleet. The ship is currently a holder of the Annual Safety Trophy 2005 as well as Overall Efficiency winner of the year 2005. It displays 'E' on its funnel casing.
Captain Bilal Abdul Nasir PN who joined Pakistan Navy as a cadet on April 1, 1984 and was commissioned in the operation branch in July 1988 is the commanding officer of the ship. He has done his cadet's basic training from Turkish Naval Academy, Istanbul. He is a graduate of Pakistan Navy War College and Turkish Naval War College. His important sea appointments include gunnery officer of PNS Tughril, gunnery officer and principal war officer of PNS Tariq and executive officer of PNS Tippu Sultan. He has also served as a divisional officer and instructor at Pakistan Naval Academy.
The ship also carries an Alouette helicopter. Lt-Commander Faisal Hameed PN who is flight Commander joined Pakistan Navy as Junior Cadet in 1987 and was commissioned on July 1, 1991.
He joined Naval Aviation in 1997. He is a qualified rotary wing pilot of Alouette helicopter and is also a qualified instructor pilot. He holds the diploma in flight safety and did PN staff course in 2005.
MUSCAT -- Pakistan Navy Ship Tippu Sultan will arrive here today on a goodwill visit.
PNS Tippu Sultan was commissioned on September 23, 1994 and is named after Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu who ruled Mysore, now a city in southern India, from 1762 to 1799.
Fateh Ali had mastered the arts of riding, lancing, archery and swordsmanship by the age of 15. His extraordinary valour earned him the title Tippu, which means "Tiger" in his native language. Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu was a great pillar of resistance against the British in the subcontinent.
The modernisation of PNS Tippu Sultan was successfully accomplished at the Pakistan Navy Dockyard. During the process of modernisation, the state-of-the-art equipment/weapons/sensors like ESM Set DR-3000 S1X, an air/surface surveillance long range radar DA-08, surface to air missile SAM LY-60 (N), two manual/automatic 30mm Anti Air DS-30 Guns, active towed array sonar (ATAS), wire guided active/passive homing torpedo system 43X2 and a modern command, control and commnications (C3) system were installed.
PNS Tippu Sultan is a leading ship of 25th Destroyer Squadron of Pakistan naval fleet. The ship is currently a holder of the Annual Safety Trophy 2005 as well as Overall Efficiency winner of the year 2005. It displays 'E' on its funnel casing.
Captain Bilal Abdul Nasir PN who joined Pakistan Navy as a cadet on April 1, 1984 and was commissioned in the operation branch in July 1988 is the commanding officer of the ship. He has done his cadet's basic training from Turkish Naval Academy, Istanbul. He is a graduate of Pakistan Navy War College and Turkish Naval War College. His important sea appointments include gunnery officer of PNS Tughril, gunnery officer and principal war officer of PNS Tariq and executive officer of PNS Tippu Sultan. He has also served as a divisional officer and instructor at Pakistan Naval Academy.
The ship also carries an Alouette helicopter. Lt-Commander Faisal Hameed PN who is flight Commander joined Pakistan Navy as Junior Cadet in 1987 and was commissioned on July 1, 1991.
He joined Naval Aviation in 1997. He is a qualified rotary wing pilot of Alouette helicopter and is also a qualified instructor pilot. He holds the diploma in flight safety and did PN staff course in 2005.
© Times of Oman 2007
