Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan 1

Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan 2

Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan 3

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 militar ...

and park situated near

PNS Karsaz The PNS Karsaz is the naval station and the largest technical training facility located in the urban neighborhood of Karsaz in Karachi that provides technical education on the subjects of the mechanics and the electronics for the Navy's enliste ...

on Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road (Karsaz Road) in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. 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) PNS/M ''Hangor'' (S-131) (nicknamed: "Shark") was a diesel-electric submarine that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1969 until its decommissioning in 2006. It is the first submarine to sink an enemy ship after World War II. ''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 Breguet or Bréguet may refer to: * Breguet (watch), watch manufacturer **Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747–1823), Swiss watchmaker **Louis-François-Clement Breguet (1804–1883), French physicist, watchmaker, electrical and telegraph work * Bréguet ...

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

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in the 1960s.

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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 {{Pakistan-museum-stub

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