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PNS Shamsheer

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PNS Shamsheer or PNS Shamsher also sometimes PNS Shamshir, meaning "sword", may refer to the following ships of Pakistan Navy:

  • PNS Shamsher (K392); ex HMS Nadder (K392), a River-class frigate, transferred first to the Royal Indian Navy in 1945, and on Partition, in 1947, to Pakistan
  • PNS Shamsheer (1969), Former British Leander-class destroyer HMS Diomede (F16); acquired by the Pakistan Navy in July 1988
  • PNS Shamsheer (2010), is Zulfiqar class frigate built jointly by China and Pakistan; commissioned by the Pakistan Navy in January 2010

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