HMS Cadiz (D79)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cadiz.

HMS Barfleur
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Cadiz
NamesakeRaid on Cadiz (1587)
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down10 May 1943
Launched16 September 1944
Commissioned12 April 1946
Out of servicePlaced in Reserve, 1953
IdentificationPennant number D79
FateSold to Pakistan 1956
Pakistan
NamePNS Khaibar
NamesakeBattle of Khaybar (628)
Acquired1956
HomeportKarachi
FateSunk during
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
General characteristics
Class and typeBattle-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,315 tons standard
  • 3,290 tons full load
Length379 ft (116 m)
Beam40 ft 3 in (12.27 m)
Draught15.3 ft (4.7 m)
Propulsion2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50,000 shp (37 MW)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h)
Range4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement268
Armament
  • 2 × dual
    4.5-inch (114 mm) gun
  • 14 ×
    Bofors 40 mm gun
  • 10 ×
    21 inch (533 mm)
    torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Squid mortar
Service record
Part of: 5th Destroyer Flotilla (UK)
Operations:
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Sinking of PNS Khaibar
Part of the
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
Date4 December 1971
Location
Arabian Sea
Result Destroyer PNS Khaibar was sunk
(
Operation Trident
)
Belligerents

 Pakistan

 Pakistan Navy

 India

 Indian Navy
Strength
PNS Khaibar (destroyer) INS Nirghat (missile boat)
Casualties and losses

PNS Khaibar sunk

268 killed		 None

HMS Cadiz was a

Battle of Cádiz, in which the French besieged the Spanish town in 1810, which was eventually lifted in 1812 after the French defeat at the Battle of Salamanca
.

She was transferred to the

Indo-Pakistan War of 1971
.

History in the Royal Navy

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

Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Cadiz was positioned in the middle of her sister-ships St. James and Solebay.[2] In the same year, Cadiz was placed in Reserve, along with the rest of the ships in the 5th Destroyer Squadron.[1]

History in the Pakistan Navy

For other ships with the same name, see PNS Khaibar.

On 29 February 1956 the Admiralty announced that Cadiz was being sold to the Pakistan Navy. She was refitted and modernized with funds made available by the United States Mutual Defence Assistance Programme and commissioned as PNS Khaibar.[3] The refit was undertaken by Alex Stephens and Sons Ltd, Govan, Glasgow. She was handed over to the Pakistan Navy on the 1 February 1957.

The sinking of PNS Khaibar

Main article: Operation Trident (1971)

During the

Operation Trident, a task group consisting of 3 Vidyut-class missile boats from the 25th "Killer" Missile Boat Squadron, Nipat, Nirghat, and Veer, escorted by two anti-submarine Arnala-class corvettes, Katchall and Kiltan.[4][5]
approached Karachi.

At 2150 hrs, when the task group was 70 nautical miles (130 km) south of

SS-N-2 Styx missiles on the largest target, which was Khaibar, 45 miles to its northwest. Both missiles struck the destroyer, sinking it. Khaibar went down with most hands on board.[5][6] A Pakistani minesweeper, Muhafiz, was also sunk and another destroyer, Shah Jahan was severely damaged, later scrapped as a result. The missile boats then hit the fuel storage tanks at Karachi Harbour, setting them ablaze.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd. p. 72.
  2. ^ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
  3. ^ Blackman, Raymond V B (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 4194.
  4. ^ "NAVY - Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi". Bharat-Rakshak.com. 7 July 2004. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Pike, John. "Indo-Pakistan War of Independence". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Chapter-10". Indiannavy.nic.in. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.

Publications

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