PNS Hashmat in Persian Gulf.
History
South Africa
Name	SAS Astrant
Fate	Not delivered because of UN sanctions, 418.
Pakistan
Name	PNS Hashmat
Builder	Dubigeon Normandie in France
Laid down	15 September 1976
Launched	4 December 1977
Acquired	1979
Commissioned	17 February 1979
In service	1979-present
Home port	Jinnah Naval Base (2014—)
Identification	S-135
General characteristics
Class & type	Hashmat-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 1,510 tons Submerged: 1,760 tons
Length	67 m (220 ft): 320 [1]
Beam	6 m (20 ft): 320 [1]
Draught	5.4 m (18 ft)[1]
Propulsion	Diesel-electric: 2× SEMT-Pielstick 16 PA4 V 185 VG diesels; 3,600 hp(m) (2.65 MW); 2 alternators; 1.7 MW; 1 motor; 4,600 hp(m) (3.4 MW); 1 cruising motor; 31 hp(m) (23 kW); 1 shaft
Speed	Surfaced: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Submerged: 20.0 knots (37.0 km/h; 23.0 mph)
Range	8,500 miles (13,700 km)
Test depth	300 m (980 ft)
Complement	54, 7 Officers, 47 Enlists
Sensors & 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	SSM: UGM-84L Harpoon Block II 4 × 550 mm (22 in) bow torpedo tubes for: ECAN L5 Mod 3 and ECAN F17 Mod 2 torpedoes

PNS/M Hashmat (S-135) is the lead ship of Hashmat-class diesel-electric submarine based on the French Agosta-70-class design.^[2]

History

See also

• List of ships of Pakistan Navy

References

Bibliography

• Chant, Christopher (1987). A Compendium of Armaments and Military Hardware. New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 158–59. ISBN 0-7102-0720-4. OCLC 14965544.
• "Hashmat Class (Fr Agosta-70)". GlobalSecurity.org. 27 April 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2009.