.jpg) PMSS Kashmir underway on 12 February 2019
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Pakistan | |
| Name | Kashmir |
| Namesake | Kashmir |
| Owner | Pakistan Maritime Security Agency |
| Builder | Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard, China CSSC |
| Laid down | 16 August 2016 |
| Launched | 7 September 2018 |
| Commissioned | 20 July 2018 |
| Homeport | Port of Karachi |
| Identification | Pennant number: P-143 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Kashmir-class multi-purpose vessel |
| Displacement | 1,550 tons |
| Length | 94 m (308 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MAN diesel engines |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
PMSS Kashmir is the lead ship of the Kashmir class of multipurpose vessels (MPVs) that was commissioned on 20 July 2018 at Haungpu Shipyard, Guangzhou, China[1][2][3] and was launched[4] and formally inducted into Pakistan Maritime Security Agency Fleet as part of OSRON-26 Squadron on 7 September 2018.[2][5][6]
- ^ "PMSS ship 'Kashmir' commissioned in China". Dawn. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ a b "KASHMIR Class Ships: PMSS KASHMIR/PMSS KOLACHI". Pakistan Maritime Security Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "PMSA commissions largest ever new ship named "Kashmir"". Times of Islamabad. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "President AJK launches maritime security ship PMSS Kashmir". Daily Parliament Times. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "AJK president inducts PMSS Kashmir in maritime agency fleet". Geo TV. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Fifth patrol vessel inducted into maritime agency's fleet". Dawn. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2023.