PNS Hurmat (S136)

History

South Africa
Name:	SAS Adventurous
Fate:	Not delivered because of sanctions
Pakistan
Name:	PNS Hurmat
Commissioned:	18 February 1980
Identification:	S136
General characteristics
Class & type:	Hashmat-class submarine
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) submerged

PNS Hurmat is a Hashmat-class submarine of Pakistan Navy, commissioned on 18 February 1980.^[1] Hurmat's design is based on the Agosta class built by France initially for the South African Navy. The boat was not delivered due to sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418. The submarine was later sold to Pakistan along with sister ship PNS Hashmat.

References

↑ "Agosta 70 Subs of Pakistan Navy". 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 Hurmat (S136)

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