List of active Pakistan Navy ships#Surface fleet
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Following is a list of ships, submarines and other watercraft which are currently in service with Pakistan Navy.
Submarine fleet
{{see also|PN Submarine Force}}
=Conventional-powered attack submarines=
=Midget submarines=
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colspan="8" style="background: lightgreen;" | Active (3) |
Cosmos-class submarine
|File:Cosmos Class Submarine.jpg |Shallow water midget submarine |3 |{{ITA}} |X-Craft |110 tons |3 active. These mini-submarines designed by Italian firm M/s COSMOS in 1986 but built in Pakistan by Karachi Shipyard under "Transfer of Technology" agreement. |
Surface fleet
= Frigates =
=Corvettes=
=Missile boats=
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colspan="8" style="background: lightgreen;" | Active (4) |
Jalalat class
|2 | {{PAK}} | PNS Jalalat | 250 tons |
Jurrat class
|2 |{{PAK}} | PNS Jurrat | 250 tons | Commissioned in 2006, Thai designed Marsun M39 Fast Patrol Boat built under ToT at Karachi Shipyard.{{cite web|url=http://www.deagel.com/Fighting-Ships/Jurrat_a002851002.aspx|title=Jurrat|website=www.deagel.com|access-date=2017-10-29}} |
=Fast patrol crafts & High speed boats=
Auxiliary fleet
=Replenishment ships=
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Moawin class
| | {{PAK}} | 17,000 tons | One of the largest replenishment oiler in Navy inventory built by Karachi Shipyard under ToT with Turkish shipbuilder. One more planned under Navy Modernization plans. |
Fuqing class
| File:UG-LK Photowalk - Colombo Harbour - 2017-03-12 (1).jpg | {{CHN}} | 22,099 tons |Type 905 replenishment tanker. Bought from China and commissioned on 26 August 1987.{{Cite news|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/a-nasr.htm|title=PNS Nasr (PRC Fuqing)|last=Pike|first=John|access-date=2017-10-29|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/fleet_tankers.html|title=Pakistan Navy Official Website|website=www.paknavy.gov.pk|access-date=2017-10-30}} |
Gwadar class
|Coastal tanker |{{PAK}} |PNS Gwadar |2000+ tons |Built by Karachi Shipyard, ships were commissioned on 5 November 1984 and 29 August 1992 respectively. {{cite web|url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/coastal_tankers.html|title=Pakistan Navy Official Website|website=www.paknavy.gov.pk|access-date=2017-10-30}}{{cite web|url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/9auxliary.html|title=Pakistan Navy Official Website|website=www.paknavy.gov.pk|access-date=2017-10-30}} |
Madadgar class
| |Coastal tanker |{{PAK}} |PNS Madadgar |1600+ tons |Built by Karachi Shipyard, both ships were commissioned on 19 July 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/stus.html|title=Pakistan Navy Official Website|website=www.paknavy.gov.pk|access-date=2017-10-30}} |
= Surveillance ships =
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Rizwan class
| | {{CHN}} | PNS Rizwan (A294) | | Built by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, China. Delivered to the Pakistan Navy in June 2023.{{Cite web|title=Pakistan gets spy ship from China to track ballistic missiles |date=18 March 2024|url=https://thenewsmill.com/2024/03/answer-to-ins-dhruv-pakistan-gets-spy-ship-from-china-to-track-ballistic-missiles/}} |
= Research & survey vessels =
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Behr Masah class
| |Hydrographic survey vessel |{{CHN}} |PNS Behr Masah |Built by Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry in China. Commissioned on 4 November 2019{{cite tweet |author=DGPR (Navy) |user=dgprPaknavy |number=1191273241383522306 |date=4 November 2019 |title=Commissioning Ceremony of Survey Vessel BEHR MASAH built for #PakNavy at China, held at PN Dockyard, Khi. On the occasion CNS Adm Zafar Mahmood Abbasi said that BEHR MASAH is a leap fwd in the field of modern hydrography which will support national maritime development. https://t.co/GdSoQUmuK5 |language=en |access-date=24 August 2021}} |
Behr Paima class
| |Hydrographic survey vessel |{{JPN}} |1,200 tons |Built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan. Commissioned in 1983. Might be replaced by Behr Masah. |
= Mine countermeasure vessels =
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Munsif class
| File:Céphée BALTOPS 2010b.JPG | {{FRA}} | PNS Munsif | 536 tons | Ex Tripartite-class mine hunters. First two ships were built in France, third ship was assembled in Pakistan by Karachi Shipyard.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nYqnBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA154|title=Pakistan Intelligence, Security Activities and Operations Handbook|last=USA|first=IBP|date=2009-03-20|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4387-3721-8|language=en}} |
= Support ships =
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Behr Kusha class
| |Dredging Vessel |{{CHN}} |PNS Behr Kusha | |Built by Zhoushan Zhaobao Shipyard and commissioned on 15 August 2008. |
Rah Kusha class
| |Backhoe Dredger |{{CHN}} |PNS Rah Kusha | |Built by China Tianjin Shipyard and commissioned on 15 March 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news|title=Janes | Latest defence and security news|website=Janes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=4635|title=Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan|website=www.ispr.gov.pk}} |
= Training vessels =
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Rah Naward class
|File:PrinceWilliamAlongsideInFredrikstad.jpg |Tall sail |{{GBR}} | |Ex Prince William initially built in Germany and completed by Appledore Shipbuilders, was acquired from Tall Ship Youth Trust and commissioned on 23 September 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/21auxron.html|title=Pakistan Navy Official Website|website=www.paknavy.gov.pk|access-date=2017-10-30}} |
= Miscellaneous =
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Tarseel class
| |Split Hopper Barge |{{CHN}} |PNS Tarseel 1 | |Built by China Tianjin Shipyard and commissioned on 15 March 2018. |
Balochistan class
| | Ferry |{{CHN}} | PNS Balochistan | | Built by Jianglong Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, China. Commissioned in September 2023.{{Cite web|title=Pakistan Navy News Magazine September & October 2023 |date=23 October 2023|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=718062817017994&set=a.718064147017861}} |
See also
- Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (Navy's maritime law enforcement branch equipped with larger vessels to patrol Pakistan's EEZ)
- Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG is a law enforcement agency equipped with small patrol boats for coastal operations)
- Karachi Naval Dockyard
- Currently active military equipment by country
References
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External links
- [http://www.paknavy.gov.pk Pakistan Navy Official Site]
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