Rashid Ahmed

Rashid Ahmed
Born	1918 British India
Died	2005 (87 or 88 years old)
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Royal Indian Navy (1941–47) Pakistan Navy (1947–72)
Years of service	1938–1972
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Service number	PN. 12
Unit	Executive Branch
Commands held	Chief of Staff, Pakistan Navy National Shipping Corporation DCNS (Operations)
Battles/wars	World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Sitara-i-Khidmat Tamgha-e-Pakistan

Rear-Admiral Rashid Ahmed (Urdu:رشيد احمد; b. 1918–2005), SK, TQA, was a two-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy, who is known for serving as Chief of Staff under Commander in Chief Vice-Admiral Muzaffar Hassan and led the Navy during the fateful events in the war with India in 1971.

Rashid Ahmed was born in British India and joined the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) in 1938 where he participated in the World War II in Burma' theatre. He was stationed in the Andaman and Nicobar Island, and served against the Imperial Japanese Navy in Burma in 1944–45.

After the World War II, he was sent to attend the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1945–47, where he specialized in technical courses, and returned to India. At the time of his transfer to Pakistan Navy, he was serving in the Executive Branch with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, with service number PN.12. After the partition of India, he was send to the United Kingdom to attend the Joint Service Defence College in 1949–51, and returned to take command assignment at the Navy NHQ in Karachi, at that time. In 1952-56, Lt.Cdr Ahmed served and later commanded the PNS Tariq and did a tour to Suez Canal before returning.