Ahmad Tasnim
Ahmad Tasnim | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of Karachi Port Trust | |
| In office 1992–1994 | |
| Preceded by | RAdm S. R. Hussain |
| Succeeded by | RAdm AKbar H. Khan |
| Chairman of National Shipping Corporation | |
| In office 11 November 1991 – 21 April 1992 | |
| Preceded by | RAdm S. Hamid Khalid |
| Succeeded by | VAdm Mansurul Haq |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ahmad Tasnim 1935 (age 89–90) Jullundar, Punjab, British India (Present-day Jalandhar, Punjab, India) |
| Citizenship | British India (1935–47) Pakistan (1947 – present) |
| Alma mater | Britannia Royal Naval College Royal Naval College, Greenwich National Defence University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Pakistan |
| Branch/service | Pakistan Navy |
| Years of service | 1954–1994 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Unit | Submarine Service Branch (PN No. 609) |
| Commands | Commander Pakistan Fleet DCNS (Personnel) 25th Destroyer Squadron Military attaché, Pakistan Embassy, Paris Submarine Command (COMSUBS) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Jurat & Bar Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat |
Ahmad Tasnim HI(M) SJ & Bar SI(M) SBt (Urdu: احمد تسنيم; born 1935) is a retired three-star rank admiral of the Pakistan Navy who is known for his command of Hangor, a submarine that sank INS Khukri on 8 December 1971 during Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, off the coast of Diu, Gujarat.
The sinking of INS Khukri was the first submarine kill since World War II, and the only one until a Royal Navy Conqueror sank an Argentinian cruiser (General Belgrano) during the Falklands War of the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was appointed chairman of the Karachi Port Trust and the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation while serving in the Navy until he retired in 1994.