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Pakistan Maritime Museum () is a
maritime museum A maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum) is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water. A subcategory of maritime museums are naval museums, which focus on navy, navies and the m ...
and park situated near PNS Karsaz on Habib Ibrahim Rehmatullah Road (Karsaz Road) in
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. The main museum building is located inside the park of 28 acres.Pakistan Maritime Museum — Karachi
Defence Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2017 The museum also displays ''Daphné''-class submarine PNS Hangor (S131), the
minesweeper A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. History The earliest known usage of ...
, PNS ''Mujahid'' (M164), a Breguet Atlantic aircraft, a
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helicopter and a wooden
barge A barge is typically a flat-bottomed boat, flat-bottomed vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. Original use was on inland waterways, while modern use is on both inland and ocean, marine water environments. The firs ...
that was given to the Naval Chief by the
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in the 1960s.


See also

* Pakistan Air Force Museum * Pakistan Army Museum,
Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...
* List of museums in Pakistan


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Pakistan Maritime Museum

Museum in Karachi — CDGK
Pakistan Navy Maritime museums in Pakistan Museums in Karachi 1954 establishments in Pakistan Tourist attractions in Karachi Naval museums Auditoriums in Pakistan {{Pakistan-museum-stub