Agosta 90B class submarine

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Class overview
Name: Agosta
Operators: Naval flag of France French Navy

Naval flag of Spain Spanish Navy

Naval flag of Pakistan Pakistan Navy
Preceded by: Daphné class submarine
Succeeded by: Rubis class submarine
Scorpène class submarine
In commission: 1977 - Active in service in Spain and Pakistan
General characteristics
Class and type: submarine
Displacement:

Geneva: 1,230 long tons
Surface displacement: 1,500 long tons

Submerged displacement: 2,050 long tons (Pakistan), 1,760 long tons (France, Spain)
Length:

67 metres (France, Spain)

76 metres (Pakistan)
Beam: 6.80 metres
Speed: 20.5 kt
Snorting speed: 10.5 kt
Surfaced speed: 12 kt
Test depth:

300 metres (France, Spain)

350 metres (Pakistan)
Complement:

5 officers

36 men
Sensors and
processing systems:

Thomson CSF DRUA 33 Radar Thomson Sintra DSUV 22 DUUA 2D Sonar DUUA 1D Sonar DUUX 2 Sonar

DSUV 62A towed array
Armament:

SM 39 Exocet
4 × 550 mm bow torpedo tubes.

ECAN L5 Mod 3 & ECAN Fl7 Mod 2 torpedoes
Notes:

Ships in class include: France: Agosta, Bévéziers, La Praya, Ouessant
Spain: Galerna, Siroco, Mistral, Tramontana
Pakistan:

Hashmat, Hurmat, Khalid, Saad, Hamza

The Agosta 90B class submarines are French diesel attack submarines (SSKs) used by Spain, Pakistan, and formerly by France. The French Navy grouped this model of non-nuclear submarine in their most capable class as an océanique, meaning "ocean-going." An Agosta 90B has a crew of 36 plus 5 Officers.

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[edit] Ships

[edit] French Navy

built by Arsenal de Cherbourg

  • Agosta (S 620) - completed 1977 - decommissioned 1997
  • Bévéziers (S 621) - completed 1977 - decommissioned 1998
  • La Praya (S 622) - completed 1978 - decommissioned 2000
  • Ouessant (S 623) - completed 1978 - decommissioned 2001

[edit] Spanish Navy

built by Cartagena dockyard

  • Galerna (S 71) - completed 1983 - in service
  • Siroco (S 72) - completed 1983 - in service
  • Mistral (S 73) - completed 1985 - in service
  • Tramontana (S 74) - completed 1985 - in service

[edit] Pakistan Navy

Two Agosta-class submarines originally destined for the South African Navy were cancelled following the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 in 1977. Built by AC Dubigeon, they were eventually sold to the Pakistani Navy

  • PNS/M Hashmat (S135) - completed in 1979 - originally named Astrant
  • PNS/M Hurmat (S136) - completed in 1980 - originally named Adventurous

The Agosta 90B is a modernised design built for the Pakistani Navy,

  • PNS/M Khalid (S137) - built in France by DCN Cherbourg - completed in 1999
  • PNS/M Saad ' (S138) - built in Pakistan with French assistance - completed in 2002
  • PNS/M Hamzaa (S139) - built in Pakistan by Pakistani engineers without any assistance in 2006 - commissioned 14 August 2006

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