Pakistan Navy facts for kids

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Pakistan Navy (Urdu: پاک بحریہ) is the naval branch of the military of Pakistan. It is responsible for Pakistan's 1,046 kilometres (650.0 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the defence of important harbours. It is a modern and highly dependable force that operates a wide range of ships ranging from cruisers to destroyers as well as submarines. Navy day is celebrated on September 8 in commemoration of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

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  The Royal Indian Navy's rating sailors breaching the Gates of Delhi during the rebellion against the British rule in India in 1857

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  PNS Shamsher visiting Australia in 1951. The frigate was transferred to Pakistan by the Royal Indian Navy in 1947 as a training ship.

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  PNS Badr, a destroyer, visiting the Great Britain on a goodwill mission in 1957

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  PNS Ghazi in war theatre in 1965. In 1968, she executed a circumnavigation of Africa and Southern Europe in order to be refit in Turkey. Sunk in 1971 under mysterious circumstances.

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  Small ship PNS Alamgir in 1947

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  PNS Nazim, which previously took part in the Vietnam and Korean Wars in the U.S. Navy as USS Wiltsie. She is now serving in the Maritime Security Agency as its "on-sea" headquarters.

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  PNS Zulfiqar in 1947: She was subjected to a serious friendly fire incident when the senior naval observers misidentified their own ship as a smaller missile boat, giving clearance to the PAF to mount a missile attack. She was scrapped in metal in 1983.

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  The Daphné-class submarine PNS Ghazi deployed during the Operation Restore Hope in 1991. She was purchased from the Portuguese Navy in 1975 and joined the Pakistan Navy in 1977.

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  The Gearing-class PNS Taimur (former USS Epperson) was acquired from the United States in 1977. She was sunk as a target in during a naval exercise in 2000.

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  The Garcia-class and Brooke-class guided missile destroyer (FFG) being transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1986. All were returned to United States in 1993–95 when the renewing of lease with an option of purchase was denied by the United States.

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  The Navy's P3C Orion taking a flight in 2010. One of its sister aircraft was involved in serious crash during its routine mission in 1999, claiming valuable lives.

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  PNS Shah Jahan and PNS Tippu Sultan, the Tariq-class guided missile destroyers, participating in Exercise Inspired Siren in the Indian Ocean in 2002

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  An elite operative of the Navy Special Service Group (SSGN) is silhouetted by the setting sun abroad PNS Babur while under way in the Indian Ocean in 2007.

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  The American Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Gary Roughead, inspecting Pakistan Navy sailors at the Navy NHQ in Islamabad in 2009

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  The senior military leadership of the Navy meeting with the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead at the Navy NHQ in Islamabad.

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  The Navy SSG conducting the force-protection and underwater special forces training with their United States Navy counterparts, the U.S. Navy SEALs in 2011

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  The Pakistan Marines dressed in operational camouflage uniforms, during training with United States counterparts in Alexandria in 2009.

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  PNS Hamza, the air-independent powered Agosta 90B-class submarine, being prepared to go through the depth tests in 2007. The Agosta 90B submarines are capable of launching the nuclear-based cruise missiles from an underwater platform.

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  Fast attack missile craft PNS Azmat

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  PNS Larkana patrolling off the Karachi coast in 2009. She is the lead ship of the Larkana–class missile boats.

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  PNS Alamgir (former USS McInerney), being handed over to Pakistan Navy on 31 August 2010 at the Naval Station Mayport in Florida

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  TCG Heybeliada in the Mediterranean Sea

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  Chinese Type 054A frigates

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  PNS Hashmat in the Persian Gulf in 2014

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  PNS Hamza, an air-independent-powered Agosta 90B-class submarine, being prepared to go through the depth tests in 2007

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  Yuan class diesel electric submarine

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  PNS Nasr in Colombo Harbour, Sri Lanka in 2017

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  The POF G3P4 is a standard rifle issued by the Ministry of Defense as seen by the Navy's enlisted personnel in 2009.

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  Pakistan Navy personnel conducting a naval interdiction exercise with the U.S. Navy personnel in the Indian Ocean in 2004

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  Commodore Asif Khaliq (left) saluting with officers Cdre. Keith Blount (middle) of RN Cdre. Daryl Bates (right) of RNZN. The Cdre. is a star officer rank equivalent to one-star general (Brig.) in the Pakistan Army.

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  US Navy and Pakistan Navy Sailors during a joint exercise

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  The Pakistan Navy's enlisted personnel at the Jinnah's Tomb in Karachi in 2007

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  The passing out (graduation) of cadets from the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi in 2008. The education and boot camp training last for two years before cadets becomes sailors.

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  The campus of the Naval Engineering College (PNEC) in Karachi in Pakistan

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  The PNS Karsaz—the training facility on heavy machinery was established in 1954.

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  PNS Badr participating in the relief operations after the earthquake hit the northern parts of the country in 2005

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  Adm. Bashir meeting with the U.S. Army General David Petraeus, top commander of ISAF in Afghanistan, to initiate peace initiatives and counter-terrorism operations against Taliban forces in Afghanistan in 2010.

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  The Nishan-i-Haidar: As of 2019^[update], the Navy has yet to achieved this feat since no naval officer is posthumously honoured with the Nishan-e-Haider.