List of former ships of Pakistan Navy

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The following article lists the many former ships of the Pakistan Navy (PN) that are no longer in service. Older ships from the dominion era used the old "HMPS" Ship prefix which was replaced with the current "PNS" after Pakistan became a republic.

Photo Name Previous names Pennant Previous pennant Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Notes
Dido-class
PNS Jehangir HMS Diadem
PNS Babur (1956–1982)		 C-84 84 5 July 1957 1985 Broken up. [1]

Destroyers

Photo Name Previous names Pennant Previous pennant Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Notes
O-class
PNS Tughril HMS Onslaught F-261 G04
F204		 6 March 1951 1977 Scrapped. [2]
PNS Tipu Sultan HMS Onslow F-260 G17
D47
F-249		 1949 1979 Scrapped in 1980. [2]
PNS Tariq HMS Offa G29 - 30 November 1949 1959 Scrapped. [2]
C-class
PNS Shah Jahan HMS Charity DD-962 R29 16 December 1958 1982 Broken-up. [2]
PNS Taimur HMS Chivalrous D21 R21 1954 3 June 1958 Broken-up in 1961. [2]
PNS Alamgir HMS Creole 160 R82
D82		 29 February 1956 1982 Scrapped. [2]
PNS Jahangir HMS Crispin 162 R68
D168		 18 March 1958 1982 Scrapped [2]
Battle-class
PNS Badr HMS Gabbard D-161 D-47 24 January 1957 1985 Broken-up in 1989 [2]
PNS Khaibar HMS Cadiz D-163 D-79 1 February 1957 4 December 1971 Lost in combat during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. [2]
Gearing-class
PNS Nazim USS Wiltsie
PNS Tariq		 D165 DD-716 29 April 1977 1990 Transferred to the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency. [2][3]
PNS Taimur USS Epperson D-166 DD-719 29 April 1977 1999 Sunk as a target in 2000. [2][3]
PNS Tughril USS Henderson D167 DD-785 30 September 1980 1998 Transferred to Pakistan Maritime Security Agency. [2]
PNS Shah Jahan USS Harold J. Ellison D-164 DD-864 1 October 1983 1994 Sunk as target in 1994 [2][3]
PNS Alamgir USS Cone D-160 DD-866 1 October 1982 4 December 1998 Scrapped [2]
PNS Tippu Sultan USS Damato D-168 DD-871 1 October 1980 1994 Scrapped [2]
County-class
PNS Babur HMS London D-16 - 23 March 1982 1993 Scrapped in 1995. [2]
Tariq-class
PNS Tariq HMS Ambuscade D-181 F172 1 January 1993 5 August 2023 Transferred to the UK for conversion into a floating museum. [4]
PNS Babur HMS Amazon D-182 F169 30 September 1993 December 2014 Sunk as a target ship. [5]
PNS Khaibar HMS Arrow D-183 F173 26 June 1994 2022 Sunk as a target during Sea-Spark 2022. [6][7]
PNS Badr HMS Alacrity D-184 F174 26 June 1994 2014 Scrapped [8]
PNS Tipu Sultan HMS Avenger D-185 F185 23 September 1994 1 April 2020 Sunk as a target ship on 27 April 2020. [9]
PNS Shah Jahan HMS Active D-186 F171 23 September 1994 1 January 2021 Sunk as a target. [10][11]

Sloops

Photo Name Previous names Pennant Previous pennant Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Notes
Black swan-class
PNS Jhelum HMIS Narbada
HMPS Jhelum		 Unknown U-40 1948 July 1959 Scrapped. [12]
PNS Sindh HMIS Godavari
HMPS Sindh		 Unknown U-52 1948 July 1959 Records indicate it was pending disposal in 1960. [2]

Submarines

See also

References

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