PNS/M ''Ghazi'' (S-134), formerly known as NRP ''Cachalote'' (S165), was a diesel-electric submarine that served in the

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English language, English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Quran, Qur'an, Al Imran, 3:173' ...

from 1975 until decommissioned in 2006. Based on the French design, she was built in Portugal with French assistance as a member of the and had served in the Portuguese Navy before being purchased by Pakistan in 1977. In the service with Pakistan Navy, she was the only ship of her ''Albacora'' class in the Submarine Command. Originally named NRP ''Cachalote'' (S165), she was procured and transferred quickly to the

by the Portuguese Navy after learning the news of Portuguese selling the submarine to private sector in December 1975. After being sent to Toulon in France for a refit according to Pakistan Navy's specifications and standards, she was commissioned in 1977 and was renamed as ''Ghazi'' in memory of , the built in the United States in 1944. In 1991–95, she participated in the

naval operations A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It include ...

during the Somali Civil War. In 1997-98, she was the film site of the '' Ghazi Shaheed'', a telefilm released in 1998. On 2 January 2006, she was decommissioned from her military service, completing 34-years of service with the Pakistan Navy.

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Submarine Command (COMSUBS)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghazi, PNS 1968 ships Ships built in Portugal Albacora-class submarines Pakistan–Portugal relations Hangor-class submarines (Daphné-class) 1998 in Pakistani television

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