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HMS Cadiz (D79)

Battle-class destroyer of the United Kingdom and later Pakistan

Summary

Battle-class destroyer of the United Kingdom and later Pakistan

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section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	HMS Cadiz (D79).jpg
image_caption	HMS Barfleur
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country	United Kingdom
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name	HMS Cadiz
namesake	Raid on Cadiz (1587)
builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
laid_down	10 May 1943
launched	16 September 1944
commissioned	12 April 1946
out_of_service	Placed in Reserve, 1953
identification	Pennant number D79
fate	Sold to Pakistan 1956
section3	{{Infobox ship/career
hide_header	title
country	Pakistan
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name	PNS Khaibar
namesake	Battle of Khaybar (628)
acquired	1956
homeport	Karachi
fate	Sunk during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
section4	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement	*2,315 tons standard
length	379 ft
beam	40 ft
draught	15.3 ft
propulsion	2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 50,000 shp
speed	34 kn
range	4,400 nmi at 12 kn
complement	268
armament	*2 × dual 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun
section5	{{Infobox ship/service record
partof	5th Destroyer Flotilla (UK)
operations	Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

3,290 tons full load
14 × Bofors 40 mm gun
10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1 × Squid mortar

'*HMS *Cadiz''''' was a of the Royal Navy. She was named after the 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 Pakistan Navy in 1956, and commissioned as '*PNS *Khaibar'''''. She was sunk off her home port of Karachi by the Indian Navy missile boat, during 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 5th Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Home Fleet. In 1947, Cadiz, along with her sister ship , escorted the aircraft carrier 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 , 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 Elizabeth II. Cadiz was positioned in the middle of her sister-ships and . In the same year, Cadiz was placed in Reserve, along with the rest of the ships in the 5th Destroyer Squadron.

History in the Pakistan Navy

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. The refit was undertaken by Alex Stephens and Sons Ltd, Govan, Glasgow. She was handed over to the Pakistan Navy on 1 February 1957.

The sinking of PNS ''Khaibar''

Main article: Operation Trident (1971)

During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, the Indian Navy launched a fast naval strike on the Pakistani Naval Headquarters of Karachi. On the night of 4 December 1971 as a part of Operation Trident, a task group consisting of 3 s from the 25th "Killer" Missile Boat Squadron, , , and , escorted by two anti-submarine s, and . approached Karachi.

At 2150 hrs, when the task group was 70 nmi south of Karachi, they detected Pakistani naval vessels. Nirghat launched 2 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. A Pakistani minesweeper, , was also sunk and another destroyer, was severely damaged, later scrapped as a result. The missile boats then hit the fuel storage tanks at Karachi Harbour, setting them ablaze.

Notes

Publications

References

Marriott, Leo. (1989). "Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945". Ian Allan Ltd.
Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden
"Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4". Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.
(2004-07-07). "NAVY – Trident, Grandslam and Python: Attacks on Karachi". Bharat-Rakshak.com.
Pike, John. "Indo-Pakistan War of Independence". GlobalSecurity.org.
"Chapter-10". Indiannavy.nic.in.

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