Daphné class submarine
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 Daphné class submarine Flore (S645) |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Daphné |
| Operators: |  French Navy
 Spanish Navy |
| Preceded by: | Aréthuse class submarines |
| Succeeded by: | Agosta class submarine |
| In commission: | 1964 - 2006 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | submarine |
| Displacement: |
860 tonnes surfaced |
| Length: | 57.75 metres |
| Beam: | 6.74 metres |
| Draught: | 5.25 metres |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 shp |
| Speed: |
Submerged: 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Range: | Surfaced: 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 30 days |
| Test depth: | 300 metres |
| Complement: |
6 officers |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
DRUA 31 radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
ARUR 10B radar detector |
| Armament: |
12 550 mm torpedo tubes (8 bow, 4 stern) |
The Daphné class was a type of diesel-electric patrol submarines built in France between 1958 and 1970 for the French Navy and for export.
These ships were enlarged versions of the Aréthuse class submarines. Eleven were used by France. Boats of this design were sold to several other countries: Pakistan (3), Portugal (4), South Africa (3) and Spain (4). However, two (Euridice 1970 and Minerve 1968) sank accidentally and brought sales to an end. The cause was eventually considered to have been a faulty snorkel design. The submarines were scrapped in the 1990s and Portugal sold one of its boats to Pakistan. PNS Hangor sank the Indian frigate INS Kuukri during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. Pakistan has now retired the submarine and is replacing it with the French Agosta and Agosta-90B, for which France has given Pakistan transfer of technology & licence to export to other friendly countries.
[edit] Ships
- French Navy
- S641 Daphné - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
- S642 Diane - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
- S643 Doris - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1994
- S644 Eurydice - completed 1964 - lost in an accident on 4 March 1970
- S645 Flore - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
- S646 Galétée - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1991
- S647 Minerve - completed 1964 - lost in an accident on 27 January 1968
- S648 Junon - completed 1966 - decommissioned 1996
- S649 Vénus - completed 1966 - decommissioned 1990
- S650 Psyché - completed 1970 - decommissioned 1996
- S651 Sirène - completed 1970 - decommissioned 1996
- Pakistan Navy
- S131 PNS Hangor - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006 (planned to be a museum ship)
- S132 PNS Shushuk - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006?
- S133 PNS Mangro - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006?
- S134 PNS Ghazi (ex Portuguese Cachalote) - acquired 1975 - decommissioned 2006?
- Portuguese Navy (Albacora class submarine)
- S163 Albacora - completed 1967 - decommissioned 2000
- S164 Baraccuda - completed 1968 - in service 2006
- S165 Cachalote - completed 1969 - sold to Pakistan 1975
- S166 Delfim - completed 1969 - decommissioned 2005
- South African Navy
- S97 SAS Maria Van Riebeeck - renamed SAS Spear - completed 1970 - decommissioned by 2003
- S98 SAS Emily Hobhouse- renamed SAS Umkhonto - completed 1970 - decommissioned by 2003
- S99 SAS Joanna Van de Merwe - renamed SAS Assegai - completed 1971 - decommissioned by 2003
- Spanish Navy (built by Bazan at Cartagena dockyard)
- S61 Delfín - completed 1973 - decommissioned 2003 Now on display at Torrevieja harbour. Click here to see.
- S62 Tonina - completed 1973 - decommissioned 2005
- S63 Marsopa - completed 1975 - decommissioned 2006
- S64 Narval - completed 1975 - decommissioned 2003
 Daphné class submarine Ghazi (S-134) |
 Psyché |
 Doris |
