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Name Official number Flag IMO
ONSLOW    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1941  31/03/1941  08/10/1941 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Destroyer  Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  571 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 1550 disp 345 ft  35 ft    9 ft 
Engine builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
2 Parsons steam turbines supplied by 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers geared to twin screws 40000shp, 37knots.

 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Royal Navy     
Other names
1949 TIPPU SULTAN - MUFAFIZ 
Subsequent owner and registration history
30/11/1949 transferred to the Pakistan Navy as a Fleet Destroyer and renamed TIPPU SULTAN 
Vessel history
Destroyer, O and P Class - G.29
Launched as Pakenham. Served on Arctic convoy duties taking part in the Battle of the Barents Sea. Also took part in Normandy Landings in 1944.
Transferred to Pakistan in 1949 and served till late 1970s.
In 1959 she was classed as a frigate.

Battle Honours: NORWAY 1941-45 - ARCTIC 1941-45 - ATLANTIC 1942 - MALTA CONVOYS 1942 - BARENTS SEA 1942 - NORTH AFRICA 1942 - NORMANDY 1944 - BISCAY 1944

1980 Stricken
1987-88 Accommodation Ship and renamed Mufafiz 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1980  Hulked  
Disposal Detail
In 1980 she was hulked as a work platform. 
 

 

Onslow 1942
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Onslow
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Onslow 1945 Copenhagen
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Tippu Sultan 9-1959
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