Karachi Naval Dockyard
| Karachi Naval Dockyard | |
|---|---|
| Karachi Port, Karachi, Sindh Province | |
|
Naval Jack of Pakistan Navy | |
| Coordinates | 24°49.0′N 66°58.0′E / 24.8167°N 66.9667°ECoordinates: 24°49.0′N 66°58.0′E / 24.8167°N 66.9667°E |
| Type | Submarine base |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Pakistan Navy |
| Site history | |
| Built | August 14th, 1947 |
| In use | 27 September 1952 |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Operation Somnath Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Submarine operations Operation East Bengal Baloch Operations Operation Parakram |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | Submarine Service Branch |
The Karachi Naval Dockyard, also refers as PN Dockyard, is a naval submarine base located adjacent to the commercial Karachi Shipyard and the PNS Qasim.[1] The Submarine base is the only submarine construction base for the Pakistan Navy.
Footnotes
- ↑ (GS), Global Security. "PN Dockyard (Karachi) Pakistan Naval Dockyard". Global Security.org.
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