PNS Muhafiz: Difference between revisions

What links here Related changes Page information Get shortened URL
Created by Derekbridges
Last edited March 19, 2026
← Older edit
VisualWikitext
UpdateBot (talk | contribs)
Bots
22,126 edits
robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)
m formatting fix
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Adjutant-class minesweeper of the Pakistan Navy}}
{{Short description|Adjutant-class minesweeper of the Pakistan Navy}}
{{About-distinguish-text|the ship in service from 1955–1971|the in-service [[Munsif-class minehunter|''Munsif''-class]] ship of the same name}}
{{About-distinguish-text|the ship in service from 1955–1971|the in-service [[Munsif-class minehunter|''Munsif''-class]] ship of the same name}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship
{{Infobox ship image
|section1={{Infobox ship/image
|Ship image=
|image=
|Ship caption=
|image_caption=
}}
 
|section2={{Infobox ship/career
|hide_header=
|country=
|flag= {{Shipboxflag|Pakistan|naval}}
|name= PNS ''Muhafiz'' (M 163)<ref name=navsource/>
|namesake=
|ordered=
|builder= [[Bellingham Shipyards Co.]], Bellingham, Washington, USA<ref name=navsource/>
|laid_down= as AMS-138<ref name=navsource/>
|launched=
|acquired=
|commissioned= 6 February 1955<ref name=navsource/>
|decommissioned=
|in_service=
|out_of_service=
|struck=
|reinstated=
|honours=
|fate= Sunk by {{Ship|INS|Veer|K82|6}} on 4 December 1971<ref name=navsource/>
|notes=
}}
 
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics
|hide_header=
|header_caption=
|class={{sclass2|Adjutant|minesweeper||ship}}<ref name=navsource/>
|type=
|displacement= 362 tons <ref name=navsource>{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/11/05138.htm |title=AMS-138 |website=NavSource |access-date=2012-04-24}}</ref>
|length={{Convert|144|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=navsource/>
|beam={{Convert|27|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=navsource/>
|draught={{Convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=navsource/>
|draft=
|propulsion= 2 × {{Convert|880|bhp|0|abbr=on}} General Motors 8-268A diesel engines<ref name=navsource/>
|speed={{Convert|13|kn|lk=in}}<ref name=navsource/>
|range=
|complement= 40<ref name=navsource/>
|sensors=
|armament=1 × twin 20-mm<ref name=navsource/>
|armor=
|aircraft=
|aircraft_facilities=
|notes=
}}
}}
}}
{{Infobox ship career
'''PNS ''Muhafiz''''' was an [[Adjutant-class minesweeper|''Adjutant''-class minesweeper]]  of the [[Pakistan Navy]].<ref name=shiphist>{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/minesweepers3.htm |title=Minesweepers MSO MSC MSI MHC MCM Post-War |website=Shipbuilding History |date=2011-12-23 |access-date=2012-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228194133/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/minesweepers3.htm |archive-date=2012-02-28 }}</ref> It was built by the United States for transfer to Pakistan.<ref name=shiphist/> PNS ''Muhafiz'' was sunk by a missile from {{INS|Veer|K82|6}} of the [[Indian Navy]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name=navsource/><ref name=shiphist/>
|Hide header=
|Ship country=
|Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Pakistan|naval}}
|Ship name= PNS ''Muhafiz'' (M 163)<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship namesake=
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder= [[Bellingham Shipyards Co.]], Bellingham, Washington, USA<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship laid down= as AMS-138<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship launched=
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned= 6 February 1955<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship decommissioned= 
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck=
|Ship reinstated=
|Ship honours=
|Ship fate= Sunk by {{Ship|INS|Veer|K82|6}} on 4 December 1971<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship notes=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption=
|Ship class={{sclass2|Adjutant|minesweeper||ship}}<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship type=
|Ship displacement= 362 tons <ref name=navsource>{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/05138.htm |title=AMS-138 |publisher=Navsource.org |access-date=2012-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030220115/http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/05138.htm |archive-date=2013-10-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Ship length={{Convert|144|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship beam={{Convert|27|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship draught={{Convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship draft=
|Ship propulsion= 2 × {{Convert|880|bhp|0|abbr=on}} General Motors 8-268A diesel engines<ref name=navsource/> 
|Ship speed={{Convert|13|kn|lk=in}}<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship range=
|Ship complement= 40<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship sensors=
|Ship armament=1 × twin 20-mm<ref name=navsource/>
|Ship armor=
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
'''PNS ''Muhafiz''''' was an [[Adjutant-class minesweeper|''Adjutant''-class minesweeper]]  of the [[Pakistan Navy]].<ref name=shiphist>{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/minesweepers3.htm |title=Minesweepers MSO MSC MSI MHC MCM Post-War |publisher=Shipbuildinghistory.com |date=2011-12-23 |access-date=2012-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228194133/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/smallships/minesweepers3.htm |archive-date=2012-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was built by the United States for transfer to Pakistan.<ref name=shiphist/> PNS ''Muhafiz'' was sunk by a missile from {{INS|Veer|K82|6}} of the [[Indian Navy]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref name=navsource/><ref name=shiphist/>


[[PNS Zulfiqar (K265)|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.<ref name="bharat">{{Cite web| url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History/1971War/44-Attacks-On-Karachi.html| title=Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926174134/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History/1971War/44-Attacks-On-Karachi.html| archive-date=26 September 2009| df=dmy-all}}</ref> India also lost {{INS|Khukri|F149|6}} in this war.<ref name=russellphillip>{{cite web|title=The Sinking of INS Khukri|url=http://www.russellphillipsbooks.co.uk/articles/ins-khukri.php|work=Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers Journal.|publisher=russellphillipsbooks|access-date=20 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326015444/http://www.russellphillipsbooks.co.uk/articles/ins-khukri.php|archive-date=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="navalforces">[http://www.spsnavalforces.net/mn_mulla.asp]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313093601/http://www.spsnavalforces.net/mn_mulla.asp |date=13 March 2012 }}</ref>
[[PNS Zulfiqar (K265)|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.<ref name="bharat">{{Cite web| url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History/1971War/44-Attacks-On-Karachi.html| title=Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926174134/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/History/1971War/44-Attacks-On-Karachi.html| archive-date=26 September 2009| df=dmy-all}}</ref> India also lost {{INS|Khukri|F149|6}} in this war.<ref name=russellphillip>{{cite web|title=The Sinking of INS Khukri|url=https://russellphillips.uk/the-sinking-of-ins-khukri/ |website=Russell Phillips |access-date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="navalforces">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313093601/http://www.spsnavalforces.net/mn_mulla.asp]}}</ref>


==Operation Trident==
==Operation Trident==
Line 57: Line 59:
During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], The minesweeper PNS ''Muhafiz'' was tasked to patrol the approaches to port of Karachi. To do so it was deployed on the inner cordon.
During the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], The minesweeper PNS ''Muhafiz'' was tasked to patrol the approaches to port of Karachi. To do so it was deployed on the inner cordon.


Late that evening on 4 December 1971, around 70 miles south of Karachi, the {{INS|Veer|K82|6}} detected a large [[Pakistan Navy]] target, later identified as the ''Muhafiz'' on patrol to its north. ''Veer'' launched a single [[SS-N-2]] ''Styx'' missile on the target, sinking ''Muhafiz''.<ref name=in-t2tchap10>{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/10_1971%20wnc1.htm |title=Chapter-10 |publisher=Indiannavy.nic.in |access-date=2012-04-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223133540/http://indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/10_1971%20wnc1.htm |archive-date=2012-02-23 }}</ref> It was later learned that at 23:30 the ''Muhafiz'' was hit by Styx missiles, and sank in the Indian Ocean at about 23:35.
Late that evening on 4 December 1971, around 70 miles south of Karachi, the {{INS|Veer|K82|6}} detected a large [[Pakistan Navy]] target, later identified as the ''Muhafiz'' on patrol to its north. ''Veer'' launched a single [[SS-N-2]] ''Styx'' missile on the target, sinking ''Muhafiz''.<ref name=in-t2tchap10>{{cite web |url=http://indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/10_1971%20wnc1.htm |title=Chapter-10 |publisher=Indiannavy.nic.in |access-date=2012-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223133540/http://indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/Trans2Trimph/chapters/10_1971%20wnc1.htm |archive-date=2012-02-23 }}</ref> It was later learned that at 23:30 the ''Muhafiz'' was hit by Styx missiles, and sank in the Indian Ocean at about 23:35.


Other vessels of the [[Indian Navy]] strike group sank the Pakistan Navy [[destroyer]], {{ship|PNS|Khaibar|1956|6}} and the merchant ship {{MV|Venus Challenger||2}} (carrying navy personnel and ammunition for Pakistan),<ref name=in-t2tchap10/> and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer {{ship|PNS|Shah Jahan|DD-962|6}}.
Other vessels of the [[Indian Navy]] strike group sank the Pakistan Navy [[destroyer]], {{ship|PNS|Khaibar|1956|6}} and the merchant ship {{MV|Venus Challenger||2}} (carrying navy personnel and ammunition for Pakistan),<ref name=in-t2tchap10/> and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer {{ship|PNS|Shah Jahan|DD-962|6}}.
Line 84: Line 86:
==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110407095823/http://www.defence.pk/gallery/auxiliary-ships/p12223-pns-muhafiz-mine-hunter.html PNS Muhafiz]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110407095823/http://www.defence.pk/gallery/auxiliary-ships/p12223-pns-muhafiz-mine-hunter.html PNS Muhafiz]
<!-- non-breaking space to keep AWB drones from altering the space before the navbox-->


{{Adjutant class minesweeper}}
{{Adjutant class minesweeper}}
Line 95: Line 95:
[[Category:1954 ships]]
[[Category:1954 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built in Bellingham, Washington]]
[[Category:Ships built in Bellingham, Washington]]
[[Category:Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
[[Category:India–Pakistan war of 1971]]
[[Category:Minesweepers of the Pakistan Navy]]
[[Category:Minesweepers of the Pakistan Navy]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1971]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 1971]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Arabian Sea]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the Arabian Sea]]
[[Category:Ships of India–Pakistan wars and conflicts]]

Latest revision as of 12:18, 19 March 2026


Template:About-distinguish-text Template:Infobox ship PNS Muhafiz was an Adjutant-class minesweeper of the Pakistan Navy.[1] It was built by the United States for transfer to Pakistan.[1] PNS Muhafiz was sunk by a missile from INS Veer of the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.[2][1]

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]

Operation Trident[edit | edit source]

Main article: Operation Trident (1971)

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, The minesweeper PNS Muhafiz was tasked to patrol the approaches to port of Karachi. To do so it was deployed on the inner cordon.

Late that evening on 4 December 1971, around 70 miles south of Karachi, the INS Veer detected a large Pakistan Navy target, later identified as the Muhafiz on patrol to its north. Veer launched a single SS-N-2 Styx missile on the target, sinking Muhafiz.[6] It was later learned that at 23:30 the Muhafiz was hit by Styx missiles, and sank in the Indian Ocean at about 23:35.

Other vessels of the Indian Navy strike group sank the Pakistan Navy destroyer, PNS Khaibar and the merchant ship Template:MV (carrying navy personnel and ammunition for Pakistan),[6] and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Minesweepers MSO MSC MSI MHC MCM Post-War". Shipbuilding History. 2011-12-23. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named navsource
  3. ↑ "Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi". Archived from the original on 26 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "The Sinking of INS Khukri". Russell Phillips. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  5. ↑ [1][usurped]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Chapter-10". Indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2012-04-24.

External links[edit | edit source]

Template:Adjutant class minesweeper Template:1971 shipwrecks

Retrieved from "https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=PNS_Muhafiz&oldid=459060"
Discover more