Pakistan Maritime Museum ( ur, پاک بحریہ عجائب گھر ) is a
maritime museum
A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navies and the milita ...
and park situated near
PNS Karsaz
The PNS Karsaz is the naval station and the largest technical training facility located in the Urbanization in Pakistan, urban neighborhood of Karsaz in Karachi that provides technical education on the subjects of the mechanics and the electronic ...
on Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road (Karsaz Road) in
Karachi
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,
Sindh,
Pakistan
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.
The main museum building is located inside the park of 28 acres.
Pakistan Maritime Museum — Karachi
Defence Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2017 The museum also displays ''Daphné''-class submarine PNS Hangor (S131), the minesweeper
A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping.
History
The earliest known usage of ...
, PNS ''Mujahid'' (M164), a Breguet Atlantic aircraft, and a wooden barge
Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels ...
that was given to the Naval Chief by the Queen
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Monarchy
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in the 1960s.
See also
* Pakistan Air Force Museum
* Pakistan Army Museum, Rawalpindi
*List of museums in Pakistan
This is a list of museums, galleries, and related building structures in Pakistan.
Museums and galleries
Archaeological and historical museums
* Harappa Museum, Harappa
* Baha ...
References
External links
Pakistan Maritime Museum
Museum in Karachi — CDGK
Pakistan Navy official website
Pakistan Marine Academy official website
Pakistan Navy
Maritime museums in Pakistan
Museums in Karachi
1954 establishments in Pakistan
Tourist attractions in Karachi
Naval museums
Auditoriums in Pakistan
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