List of former ships of Pakistan Navy

The following article lists the many former ships of the Pakistan Navy (PN) that are no longer in service. Older ships from the dominion era used the old "HMPS" Ship prefix which was replaced with the current "PNS" after Pakistan became a republic.

Cruisers

Photo	Name	Previous names	Pennant	Previous pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Dido-class
	PNS Jehangir	HMS Diadem PNS Babur (1956-1982)	C-84	84	5 July 1957	1985	Broken up.	[1]

Destroyers

Photo	Name	Previous names	Pennant	Previous pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
O-class
	PNS Tughril	HMS Onslaught	F-261	G04 F204	6 March 1951	1977	Scrapped.	[2]
	PNS Tipu Sultan	HMS Onslow	F-260	G17 D47 F-249	1949	1979	Scrapped in 1980.	[2]
	PNS Tariq	HMS Offa	G29	-	30 November 1949	1959	Scrapped.	[2]
C-class
	PNS Shah Jahan	HMS Charity	DD-962	R29	16 December 1958	1982	Broken-up.	[2]
	PNS Taimur	HMS Chivalrous	D21	R21	1954	3 June 1958	Broken-up in 1961.	[2]
	PNS Alamgir	HMS Creole	160	R82 D82	29 February 1956	1982	Scrapped.	[2]
	PNS Jahangir	HMS Crispin	162	R68 D168	18 March 1958	1982	Scrapped	[2]
Battle-class
	PNS Badr	HMS Gabbard	D-161	D-47	24 January 1957	1985	Broken-up in 1989	[2]
	PNS Khaibar	HMS Cadiz	D-163	D-79	1 February 1957	4 December 1971	Lost in combat during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.	[2]
Gearing-class
	PNS Nazim	USS Wiltsie PNS Tariq	D165	DD-716	29 April 1977	1990	Transferred to the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency.	[2] [3]
	PNS Taimur	USS Epperson	D-166	DD-719	29 April 1977	1999	Sunk as a target in 2000.	[2] [3]
	PNS Tughril	USS Henderson	D167	DD-785	30 September 1980	1998	Transferred to Pakistan Maritime Security Agency.	[2]
	PNS Shah Jahan	USS Harold J. Ellison	D-164	DD-864	1 October 1983	1994	Sunk as target in 1994	[2] [3]
	PNS Alamgir	USS Cone	D-160	DD-866	1 October 1982	4 December 1998	Scrapped	[2]
	PNS Tippu Sultan	USS Damato	D-168	DD-871	1 October 1980	1994	Scrapped	[2]
County-class
	PNS Babur	HMS London	D-16	-	23 March 1982	1993	Scrapped in 1995.	[2]
Tariq-class
	PNS Tariq	HMS Ambuscade	D-181	F172	1 January 1993	5 August 2023	Transferred to the UK for conversion into a floating museum.	[4]
	PNS Babur	HMS Amazon	D-182	F169	30 September 1993	December 2014	Sunk as a target ship.	[5]
	PNS Khaibar	HMS Arrow	D-183	F173	26 June 1994	2022	Sunk as a target during Sea-Spark 2022.	[6] [7]
	PNS Badr	HMS Alacrity	D-184	F174	26 June 1994	2014	Scrapped	[8]
	PNS Tipu Sultan	HMS Ambuscade	D-185	F185	23 September 1994	1 April 2020	Sunk as a target ship on 27 April 2020.	[9]
	PNS Shah Jahan	HMS Active	D-186	F171	23 September 1994	1 January 2021	Sunk as a target.	[10] [11]

Sloops

Photo	Name	Previous names	Pennant	Previous pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Black swan-class
	PNS Jhelum	HMIS Narbada HMPS Jhelum	Unknown	U-40	1948	July 1959	Scrapped.	[12]
	PNS Sindh	HMIS Godavari HMPS Sindh	Unknown	U-52	1948	July 1959	Records indicate it was pending disposal in 1960.	[2]

Submarines

Photo	Name	Previous names	Pennant	Previous pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Tench-class
	PNS Ghazi	USS Diablo	S-130	SS-479	1 June 1964	4 December 1971	Sank under unknown circumstances while on a combat mission in the Bay of Bengal during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.	[13] [14]
Daphné-class
	PNS Hangor	-	S-131	-	12 January 1970	January 2006	Preserved at the Pakistan Maritime Museum.	[15] [16] [17]
	PNS Shushuk	-	S-132	-	12 January 1970	January 2006	Sold for ship breaking to Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.	[18] [19]
	PNS Mangro	-	S-133	-	8 August 1970	January 2006	Scrapped by Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.	[20] [21]
	PNS Ghazi	NRP Cachalote	S-134	S-165	17 January 1977	January 2006	Scrapped by Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.	[22] [23]

See also

• List of former ships of the Indonesian Navy
• List of former warships of the Ukrainian Navy
• List of former ships of the Finnish Navy

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