PNS Khaibar (1944)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Cadiz |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
| Laid down: | 10 May 1943 |
| Launched: | 16 September 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 12 April 1946 |
| Identification: | Pennant number D79 |
| Fate: | Sold to Pakistan 1956 |
 Pakistan
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| Name: | PNS Khaibar |
| Acquired: | 1956 |
| Homeport: | Karachi |
| Fate: | Sunk during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Battle-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 379 ft (116 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft 3 in (12.27 m) |
| Draught: | 15.3 ft (4.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 268 |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | 5th Destroyer Flotilla (UK) |
| Operations: | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Sinking of PNS Khaibar | |||||||
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| Part of the Naval Conflict of Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Pakistan Navy
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 Indian Navy
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| Strength | |||||||
| PNS Khaibar (destroyer) | INS Nirghat (missile boat) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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PNS Khaibar sunk 268 killed |
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PNS Khaibar sunk
HMS Cadiz was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Battle of Cádiz, in which the French besieged the British- and Allied-controlled town in 1810, which was eventually lifted in 1812 after the French defeat at the Battle of Salamanca.
She was transferred to the Pakistan Navy in 1956, and commissioned as PNS Khaibar. She was sunk off her home port of Karachi by the Indian Navy missile boat, INS Nirghat during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
Cadiz was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. She was launched on 16 September 1944 and commissioned on 12 April 1946.
Upon her commissioning, Cadiz joined the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Home Fleet. In 1947, Cadiz, along with her sister ship Sluys, escorted the aircraft carrier Vengeance to Norway, where the small group visited a variety of ports in the Scandinavian country. In 1950, Cadiz along with many other vessels of the Home Fleet, including three aircraft carriers and the battleship Vanguard, undertook a Spring Cruise, visiting the Mediterranean where they performed a number of naval exercises as well as visiting a variety of ports in the region. In 1953, Cadiz took part in the Coronation Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Cadiz was positioned in the middle of her sister-ships St. James and Solebay. In the same year, Cadiz was placed in Reserve, along with the rest of the ships in the 5th Destroyer Squadron.
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