PNS Hurmat

	PNS Hashmat, the sister ship of PNS Hurmat in Iran
History
South Africa
Name:	SAS Adventurous
Fate:	Not delivered because of UN sanctions, 418.
Pakistan
Name:	PNS Hurmat
Builder:	Dubigeon Normandie in France
Laid down:	18 September 1977
Launched:	1 December 1978
Acquired:	1979
Commissioned:	18 February 1980
In service:	1980-present
Identification:	S-136
General characteristics
Class and type:	Hashmat-class submarine
Displacement:	Surfaced: 1,510 tons Submerged: 1,760 tons
Length:	67 m (220 ft)[1]
Beam:	6 m (20 ft)[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 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:	SSM: UGM-84L Harpoon Block II; 4 × 533 mm (21 in) bow torpedo tubes for:; ECAN L5 Mod 3 and ECAN F17 Mod 2 torpedoes;

PNS/M Hurmat (S-136) is a Hashmat-class diesel-electric submarine based on the French Agosta-70-class design.[2]

History

She was initially named SAS Adventurous for the South African Navy and laid down on 18 September 1977. The submarine was launched on 1 December 1978 at Nantes in France.[3] On 18 February 1980, she was commissioned in the Pakistan Navy as PNS Hurmat.[3]

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