PNS Khalid (S137)

History

Pakistan
Name:	PNS Khalid
Commissioned:	6 September 1999 ^[1]
Identification:	S137
General characteristics

PNS Khalid, named after Khalid ibn al-Walid, is Khalid-class submarine of Pakistan Navy. Khalid was built in France by DCNS under a contract of three Agosta 90B submarines signed on 21 September 1994.^[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 Khalid (S137)

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