PNS Muhafiz
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | PNS Muhafiz (M 163) |
| Builder | Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, Washington, USA |
| Laid down | as AMS-138 |
| Commissioned | 6 February 1955 |
| Fate | Sunk by INS Veer on 4 December 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Adjutant-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 362 tons |
| Length | 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 880 bhp (656 kW) General Motors 8-268A diesel engines |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 1 × twin 20-mm |
PNS Muhafiz was an Adjutant-class minesweeper of the Pakistan Navy. It was built by the United States for transfer to Pakistan. PNS Muhafiz was sunk by a missile from INS Veer of the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
PNS Zulfiqar (K265) of Pakistan was also damaged beyond repair by friendly fire from aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) which mistook her for a missile boat of the Indian Navy during the same war. India also lost INS Khukri in this war.