PNS Hamza (S139)

Career (Pakistan)
Name: PNS Hamza (S139)
Owner: Pakistan Navy (Submarine Service Branch)
Builder:  France
Commissioned: 26 September 2008 [1]
General characteristics

PPNS Hamza (S139) named after Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib is Khalid class submarine of Pakistan Navy. Hamza is third of the Khalid class submarine built in Pakistan at Pakistan Navy dockyard, Karachi under a transfer of technology contract signed on 21 September 1994 with DCNS France. [1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Pakistan Navy Agosta 90B Submarine Fleet". Pakistan Navy Submarine Fleet. Pakistan Navy. http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/agosta90b.htm. Retrieved 31 December 2011. 
 French Navy

Agosta · Bévéziers · La Praya · Ouessant
 Royal Malaysian Navy
 Pakistan Navy

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

Hamza · Khalid · Saad
 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: Le Redoutable class