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The wreck of the Star of Bengal was described as "one of the worst disasters" of the Pacific coast maritime history. [122] Due to the high number of casualties, as of 2015, the wreck of the Star of Bengal remains in the top 5 worst marine disasters in the history of Alaska. [54] [123] Both, the ship and her cargo were declared a total loss. [70]
Fort Á La Corne was built by North Vancouver Ship Repairs Ltd., North Vancouver, British Columbia, Dominion of Canada.She was completed on 13 August 1942. [2] Built for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), she was placed under the management of McCowan & Cross Ltd. Torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea) by U-596 on 30 March
This is a partial list of shipwrecks which occurred in the Indian Ocean.The list includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost. The Indian Ocean is here defined in its widest sense, including its marginal seas: the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, the Great Australian Bight, the Mozambique Channel, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Strait of Malacca, and the Timor Sea
The Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited (KS&EW Ltd.) is a major defence contractor and shipbuilding company situated in the West Wharf in Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan. The KSEW Ltd. is sponsored and owned entirely by the Ministry of Defence Production whose corporate leadership comes directly from the Navy HQ of the Pakistan Navy .
Gulf Star Panama: Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Python: The cargo ship was sunk by one SS-N-2 Styx missile fired by the missile boat INS Vinash ( Indian Navy) at Karachi, Pakistan. [88] Harmattan United Kingdom
Star of Germany: Star of Bengal: 1874: A 262-foot (80 m) ship of 1870 tons. She was sold in 1898 to the Alaska Packers' Association and sunk with the loss of 110 lives at Coronation Island, Alaska on 20 September 1908. Star of Bengal: Star of Russia: 1874: A 262-foot (80 m) ship of 1981 tons.
The Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 refers to the maritime military engagements between the Indian Navy and the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.The series of naval operations began with the Indian Navy's exertion of pressure on Pakistan from the Indian Ocean, while the Indian Army and Indian Air Force moved in to choke Pakistani forces operating in East Pakistan on land.
Belal Muhammad, one of the founders of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, at a conference in Sandwip, 2008. The end of British rule in India in August 1947, accompanied by the Partition of India, gave birth to a new country named Pakistan which constituted Muslim-majority areas in the far east and far west of the Indian subcontinent.