Indian Navy Finds Wreckage of Pakistani Submarine PNS Ghazi Lost in 1971 War

The recently acquired deep submergence rescue vehicle of the Indian Navy has made a significant discovery.

PNS/M Ghazi entering Karachi harbour, Pakistan, upon arrival from the USA in 1964.
Image credits: pakdef.info.

It has found the wreck of the PNS Ghazi, a Pakistani Submarine which sank off the coast of Visakhapatnam during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan, leading to the formation of Bangladesh.

PNS Ghazi was a Tench-Class Submarine, earlier called USS Diablo when it was a part of the...

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