Daphne class submarine
Encyclopedia
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.
. 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.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
between 1958 and 1970 for the French Navy
French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
and for export.
History
These ships were enlarged versions of the Aréthuse class submarinesAréthuse class submarine
The Aréthuse class were submarines built for the French Navy in the 1950s. They were designed as hunter killer submarines for anti-submarine warfare and were referred to as Sous-marins de Chasse by the Marine Nationale. These submarines had advanced sensors and were very quiet. They were influenced...
. Eleven were used by France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan 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
Submarine snorkel
A submarine snorkel is a device which allows a submarine to operate submerged while still taking in air from above the surface. Navy personnel often refer to it as the snort.-History:...
design. The submarines were scrapped in the 1990s and Portugal sold one of its boats to Pakistan. PNS Hangor
PNS Hangor
PNS Hangor was a Daphné class submarine that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1970 to 2006. She was built by France, and was a type of diesel-electric submarine class. She earned renown, when during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, she sank the Indian Navy's ASW frigate INS Khukri with two Homing...
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
Agosta 90B class submarine
The Agosta class submarines are French diesel attack submarines used by Spain, Pakistan and formerly by France. The French Navy grouped this model of submarine in their most capable class as an océanique, meaning "ocean-going." A modernised version built for Pakistan, the Agosta 90B, has a crew of...
, for which France has given Pakistan transfer of technology & licence to export to other friendly countries.
Ships
- French NavyFrench NavyThe French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
- S641 Daphné - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
- S642 Diane - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
- S643 Doris - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1994
- S644 EurydiceEurydice (S644)Eurydice was a French submarine, one of nine of the Daphné class.On 4 March 1970, while diving in calm seas off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean, 35 miles east of Toulon, a geophysical laboratory picked up the shock waves of an underwater explosion...
- 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 NavyPakistan NavyThe Pakistan Navy is the naval warfare/service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. Pakistan's Navy is responsible for Pakistan's coastline along the Arabian Sea and the defense of important civilian harbors and military bases...
- S131 PNS HangorPNS HangorPNS Hangor was a Daphné class submarine that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1970 to 2006. She was built by France, and was a type of diesel-electric submarine class. She earned renown, when during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, she sank the Indian Navy's ASW frigate INS Khukri with two Homing...
- completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006 (now placed in Pakistan Maritime Museum) - S132 PNS Shushuk - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006?
- S133 PNS Mangro - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006?
- S134 PNS Ghazi (ex Portuguese Cachalote) - acquired 1975 - decommissioned 2006?
- S131 PNS Hangor
- Portuguese NavyPortuguese NavyThe Portuguese Navy is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the military defence of Portugal....
(Albacora class submarineAlbacora class submarineThe Albacora class is diesel-electric attack submarine developed for the Portuguese Navy based on the French Daphné class submarine....
)- S163 Albacora - completed 1967 - decommissioned 2000
- S164 Barracuda - completed 1968 - decommissioned 2010
- S165 Cachalote - completed 1969 - sold to Pakistan 1975
- S166 Delfim - completed 1969 - decommissioned 2005
- South African NavySouth African NavyThe South African Navy is the navy of the Republic of South Africa.-Formation:The South African Navy can trace its official origins back to the SA Naval Service, which was established on 1 April 1922....
- S97 SAS Maria van Riebeeck - renamed SAS SpearSAS SpearThe SAS Spear , formerly known as the SAS Maria van Riebeeck, was a of the South African Navy . It was the SAN's first submarine. It was decommissioned in 2003 and subsequently scrapped....
- completed 1970 - decommissioned by 2003 - S98 SAS Emily Hobhouse- renamed SAS UmkhontoSAS UmkhontoThe submarine SAS Umkhonto , formerly the SAS Emily Hobhouse, was the second of three French-built Daphné class submarines ordered by the South African Navy in 1968. Laid down in December 1968 and launched October 24, 1969 and commissioned into the South African Navy under the command of Lt Cdr...
- completed 1970 - decommissioned by 2003 - S99 SAS Johanna van der Merwe - renamed SAS AssegaaiSAS AssegaaiThe SAS Assegaai, formerly known as the SAS Johanna van der Merwe, was a of the South African Navy. Decommissioned in 2003, the SAS Assegaai is the only one of the former 3 Daphné class submarines to have been retained for preservation as a museum boat, the other two have been cut up and sold for...
- completed 1971 - decommissioned by 2003
- S97 SAS Maria van Riebeeck - renamed SAS Spear
- Spanish NavySpanish NavyThe Spanish Navy is the maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces, one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Armada is responsible for notable achievements in world history such as the discovery of Americas, the first world circumnavigation, and the discovery of a maritime path...
(built by BazanNavantiaNavantia, formerly Bazán or IZAR, is a Spanish shipbuilding firm, which offers its services to both military and civil sector. It is the fifth largest shipbuilder in Europe, and the ninth largest in the world with shipyards all over Spain....
at CartagenaCartagena, SpainCartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...
dockyard)- S61 Delfín - completed 1973 - decommissioned 2003, ship museum at TorreviejaTorreviejaTorrevieja is a seaside city and municipality located on the Costa Blanca in the province of Alicante, in south-eastern Spain.Torrevieja lies about 30 miles south of the city of Alicante and has a population of 104,000...
- S62 Tonina - completed 1973 - decommissioned 2005
- S63 Marsopa - completed 1975 - decommissioned 2006
- S64 Narval - completed 1975 - decommissioned 2003
- S61 Delfín - completed 1973 - decommissioned 2003, ship museum at Torrevieja