Hangor-class submarine
The Type 039B submarine, the baseline design of the Hangor-class submarine. | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Hangor-class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | Pakistan Navy |
| Preceded by | Agosta-class submarine |
| Cost | USD $4–5 billion for 8 vessels (Estimated) |
| In commission | 2025–2030 (Estimated) |
| Planned | 8 |
| Building | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Attack submarine |
| Displacement | 2,800 t (2,800 long tons) |
| Length | 76 m (249 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) (Estimated) |
| Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Notes | Pakistan-specific variant of Type 039A submarine |
The Hangor-class submarines are a class of diesel–electric attack submarines currently being manufactured by a joint-partnership of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) for the Pakistan Navy (PN). Eponymously christened after the former-Daphné-class submarines that the PN operated between 1970 and 2006, the class is an export derivative of the Chinese-origin Type 039A attack submarine, currently operated by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). First unveiled to the public in 2018, the future submarines are envisaged to undertake anti-access/area denial operations within Pakistan's exclusive economic zone, through the use of heavyweight torpedoes and anti-ship cruising missiles.
Pakistan's Ministry of Defence (MoD) ordered eight submarines from China in 2015, at an approximate cost of USD $4–5 billion, making it the largest arms export contract in China's military history. Of the eight ordered examples, the initial four are being built by CSIC while the latter four are to be built by KSEW, under a technology transfer agreement. The first four vessels, built by China, are expected to be delivered by 2023, while the latter four, which are to be built by Pakistan, are expected to be delivered between 2025 and 2028, at the rate of one delivery per year.