PNS Hashmat
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![]() PNS Hashmat in Persian Gulf.
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Name | SAS Astrant |
Fate | Not delivered because of UN sanctions, 418. |
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Name | PNS Hashmat |
Builder | Dubigeon Normandie in France |
Laid down | 15 September 1976 |
Launched | 4 December 1977 |
Acquired | 1979 |
Commissioned | 17 February 1979 |
In service | 1979-present |
Homeport | Jinnah Naval Base (2014—) |
Identification | S-135 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hashmat-class submarine |
Displacement | Surfaced: 1,510 tons Submerged: 1,760 tons |
Length | 67 m (220 ft): 320 [1] |
Beam | 6 m (20 ft): 320 [1] |
Draught | 5.4 m (18 ft)[1] |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric: 2× SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA4 V 185 VG diesels; 3,600 hp(m) (2.65 MW); 2 alternators; 1.7 MW; 1 motor; 4,600 hp(m) (3.4 MW); 1 cruising motor; 31 hp(m) (23 kW); 1 shaft |
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Range | 8,500 miles (13,700 km) |
Test depth | 300 m (980 ft) |
Complement | 54, 7 Officers, 47 Enlists |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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PNS/M Hashmat (S-135) is the lead ship of Hashmat-class diesel-electric submarine based on the French Agosta-70-class design.[2]
History
Construction and deployment
She was initially named SAS Astrant for the South African Navy and laid down on 15 September 1976, and launched on 14 December 1977 at Nantes in France.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Ross, David; Bishop, Chris (2016). "(Agosta)". Submarines: WWI to the Present (google books). Book Sales. p. 450. ISBN 9780785834465. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Shabbir, Usman (June 2003). "AGOSTA 90B « PakDef Military Consortium". pakdef.org. Islalamabad: Pak Def Military Consortium. Archived from the original (html) on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Shabbir, Usman (June 2003). "AGOSTA 70A". pakdef.org. Islamabad: « PakDef Military Consortium. Archived from the original (html) on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
Bibliography
- Chant, Christopher (1987). A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 158–59. ISBN 0-7102-0720-4. OCLC 14965544.
- "Hashmat Class (Fr Agosta-70)". GlobalSecurity.org. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2009.