SS Al-Abbas


SS Al-Abbas was the first major ship to be built at the Karachi Shipyard in Pakistan in 1967.

History

SS Al-Abbas was built for Muhammadi [Steamship Company Limited] in 1967. She was a cargo vessel plying between Karachi and Chittagong.
She was blown up and sunk on August 16, 1971, during Operation Jackpot in the Bangladesh [Liberation War]. She was berthed at Jetty No. 6 of the Port of Chittagong when Indian-trained commandoes of the Bangladeshi guerrilla force, Mukti Bahini, used limpet mines to blow her up.

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