SS Al-Abbas
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SS Al-Abbas was the first major ship to be built at the Karachi Shipyard in Pakistan in 1967.Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 6
History
SS Al-Abbas was built for Muhammadi Steamship Company Limited in 1967. She was a cargo vessel plying between Karachi and Chittagong.
She was blown up and sunk on August 16, 1971, during Operation Jackpot in the Bangladesh Liberation War. She was berthed at Jetty No. 6 of the Port of Chittagong when Indian-trained commandoes of the Bangladeshi guerrilla force, Mukti Bahini, used limpet mines to blow her up.[http://archives-trim.un.org/webdrawer/rec/423368/view/Items-in-IndiaPakistanBangladesh%20-%20general%20-%20report%20of%20the%20high%20level%20consultants%20mission%20to%20Bangladesh%20MarchApril%201972.PDF Report of the High Level Consultants Mission to Bangladesh March/April 1972 pg 172] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728142411/http://archives-trim.un.org/webdrawer/rec/423368/view/Items-in-IndiaPakistanBangladesh%20-%20general%20-%20report%20of%20the%20high%20level%20consultants%20mission%20to%20Bangladesh%20MarchApril%201972.PDF |date=2011-07-28 }} United Nations Retrieved 3 March 2011
Specifications
- Registry: 18 January 1968Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, History of Pakistan Merchant Navy 1947- 2009 Karachi 2010 (privately published) pg 8
- Gross tonnage: 6,087
- DWT tonnage: 12,860
- LOA: 486 feet