PNS Hamza (S139)

History

Pakistan
Name:	PNS Hamza
Namesake:	Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib
Builder:	Pakistan Navy dockyard, Karachi
Commissioned:	26 September 2008 ^[1]
Identification:	S139
General characteristics
Class & type:	Khalid-class submarine

PNS Hamza, named after Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, is Khalid-class submarine of Pakistan Navy. Hamza is the third member of the Khalid class. She was built in Pakistan at Pakistan Navy dockyard, Karachi under a transfer of technology contract signed on 21 September 1994 with DCNS France.^[1]

References

1 2 "Pakistan Navy Agosta 90B Submarine Fleet". Pakistan Navy Submarine Fleet. Pakistan Navy. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

Agosta-class submarine

French Navy

Agosta
Bévéziers
La Praya
Ouessant

Royal Malaysian Navy

Ouessant^†

Pakistan Navy

Hashmat class	Hashmat (ex-Astrant) Hurmat (ex-Adventurous)

Khalid class^‡	Khalid Saad Hamza

South African Navy

Adventurous*
Astrant*
(*neither delivered)

Spanish Navy

Galerna
Mistral
Siroco
Tramontana

^† – Used for training of Royal Malaysian Navy submariners
^‡ – the Khalid class was built to the revised Agosta 90B design

Preceded by: Daphné class
Followed by: Redoutable class

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PNS Hamza (S139)

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