Pakistan Maritime Museum

Pakistan Maritime Museum (Urdu: پاک بحریہ عجائب گھر) is a naval museum and park situated near PNS Karsaz on Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road (Karsaz Road) in Karachi, Pakistan.[1][2][3]

Pakistan Navy Museum
Active1954 - Present
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Navy
TypeNaval museum
Nickname(s)Pakistan Maritime Museum
PatronAdmiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military), Chief of Naval Staff
Pakistan Navy's Minesweeper PNS Mujahid (M164)
A view of Pakistan Maritime Museum
Museum Hall

The main museum building is located inside the park of 28 acres.[4] The museum also displays Daphne Class Submarine PNS Hangor (S131), the minesweeper, PNS Mujahid (M164), Breguet Atlantic aircraft and a wooden barge that was given to the Naval Chief by the Queen in the 1960s.

See also

See also

References
  1. Maritime museum in Karachi: some thoughts, Dawn (newspaper), Published 27 November 2013, Retrieved 14 September 2017
  2. Exclusive rights: Karsaz's new bridge gives billboard rights to private builder, The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 23 March 2015, Retrieved 14 September 2017
  3. Business as usual: Maritime Museum to stay open despite series of attacks, The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 30 May 2011, Retrieved 14 September 2017
  4. Pakistan Maritime Museum — Karachi Defence Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2017


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