Rah Naward - Pakistan's new tall ship



11:55 PM Sat 8 Jan 2011 GMT
'Nah Raward sailing as Prince William with friend when owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust' .
While Pakistan continues to feature on the world stage for its political challenges and a new assassination, Pakistan's navy has quietly inducted its latest sail training ship for the training of cadets. She is the beautiful square-rigged PNS Rah Naward, purchased from a British naval training charity where it operated as Prince William, and sailed to Pakistan in September. With her mellifluous name meaning 'swift mover' the 195ft grand ship, she sailed the 7,000 nautical mile journey with over 10,000 square feet of sail and a crew of 38, reaching Karachi in December The two-masted brig was under construction in ...


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