PNS Muhafiz

PNS Muhafiz was an Adjutant-class minesweeper of the Pakistan Navy. It was built by USA 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.

Operation Trident

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, The minesweeper PNS Muhafiz was tasked to patrol the approaches to port of Karachi. To do so it was deployed on the inner cordon.

Late that evening on 4 December 1971, around 70 miles south of Karachi, the INS Veer detected a large Pakistan Navy target, later identified as the Muhafiz on patrol to its north. Veer launched a single SS-N-2 Styx missile on the target, sinking Muhafiz. It was later learned that at 23:30 the Muhafiz was hit by Styx missiles, and sank in the Indian Ocean at about 23:35.

Other vessels of the Indian Navy strike group sank the Pakistan Navy destroyer, PNS Khaibar and the merchant ship Venus Challenger (carrying navy personnel and ammunition for Pakistan), and caused irreparable damage to the destroyer PNS Shah Jahan.

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HMS Onslow (G17)

HMS Onslow was an O-class destroyer flotilla leader of the Royal Navy She was ordered from John Brown & Company at Clydebank, Glasgow on 3 September 1939. The ship was laid down on 1 July 1940 and launched on 31 March 1941. She was completed on 8 October 1941 at a cost of £416,942.

Service history

Attached to the Home Fleet, Onslow served mostly as an escort to Arctic convoys. She also saw detached service in the Mediterranean during "Operation Harpoon" in 1942, and in the English Channel before and after the Normandy landings in mid-1944. Her most notable action was at the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942, while escorting Convoy JW 51B to Russia. The convoy escorts held off attacks from the powerful German cruiser Admiral Hipper, with Onslow being heavily damaged and her captain, Robert Sherbrooke, severely injured.

In November 1946 she was the headquarter ship for Operation Deadlight - moving U-Boats from Loch Ryan to scuttle them off Bloody Foreland. She returned to the reserve at Devonport in 1947. In August 1947 she was a submarine target ship and anti-submarine trials ship at Portsmouth

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Muhafiz

Muhafiz or Mohafiz is an Arabic word, also used as a male given name, meaning "preserver", "custodian" or "guardian". It may refer to

MUHAFIZ is a stabilized remotely controlled naval weapon system designed and manufactured by ASELSAN. The system is equipped with 30mm automatic cannon.

Mohafiz (vehicle), an internal security vehicle designed and manufactured at Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) in Pakistan based on the chassis of commercial vehicle

PNS Muhafiz, Pakistani minesweeper

In Custody (1993 film) (1993), also known as Muhafiz

Muhafiz (1998), a Pakistani film

Al-Hizb Al-Mohafiz, Arabic name of the Conservative Party

References

↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.

↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.

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Muhafiz (1998 film)

Muhafiz was directed by Syed Noor and produced by Sohail Butt. It starred Nadeem and Shahid in lead roles, accompanied by Saud, Saima Noor and Jana Malik.