| History | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Name | PNS Muhafiz (M 163)[1] |
| Builder | Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, Washington, USA[1] |
| Laid down | as AMS-138[1] |
| Commissioned | 6 February 1955[1] |
| Fate | Sunk by INS Veer on 4 December 1971[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Adjutant-class minesweeper[1] |
| Displacement | 362 tons [1] |
| Length | 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)[1] |
| Beam | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)[1] |
| Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m)[1] |
| Propulsion | 2 × 880 bhp (656 kW) General Motors 8-268A diesel engines[1] |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)[1] |
| Complement | 40[1] |
| Armament | 1 × twin 20-mm[1] |
PNS Muhafiz was an Adjutant-class minesweeper of the Pakistan Navy.[2] It was built by the United States for transfer to Pakistan.[2] PNS Muhafiz was sunk by a missile from INS Veer of the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[1][2]
PNS Zulfiqar (K265) of Pakistan was also damaged beyond repair by friendly fire from aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) which mistook her for a missile boat of the Indian Navy during the same war.[3] India also lost INS Khukri in this war.[4][5]
- ^ a b c "Minesweepers MSO MSC MSI MHC MCM Post-War". Shipbuildinghistory.com. 2011-12-23. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ "Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi". Archived from the original on 26 September 2009.
- ^ "The Sinking of INS Khukri". Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers Journal. russellphillipsbooks. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
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