PNS Saad
| History | |
|---|---|
| Pakistan | |
| Name | PNS Saad |
| Namesake | Sa`d |
| Ordered | 21 September 1994 |
| Builder | KSEW Ltd in Pakistan |
| Laid down | 6 June 1998 |
| Launched | 24 August 2002 |
| Acquired | 20 January 2003 |
| Commissioned | 12 December 2003 |
| In service | 2003–present |
| Homeport | Jinnah Naval Base |
| Identification | S138 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Agosta 90Bravo/Khalid-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 249.4 ft (76.0 m) |
| Beam | 22.3 ft (6.8 m) |
| Draught |
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| Installed power | 2 × Jeumont-Schneider alternators producing: 4,600 hp (3,400 kW). |
| Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA4 V 185 VG AIP MESMA: 3,600 hp (2,700 kW), 1 × shaft. |
| Speed |
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| Range | 8,500 miles (13,700 km) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Endurance | 90 Days |
| Test depth | 1,312 ft (400 m) (Submerged): 637 |
| Complement | 41 (7 officers, 35 enlisted) |
| Sensors & processing systems | Towed array sonar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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PNS/M Saad (S-138) is a diesel-electric fast-attack submarine equipped with an air–independent propulsion system and the second of the Agosta-90B/Khalid-class submarines jointly designed and constructed by France and Pakistan.
PNS Saad is regarded as the Pakistan's first home-built long-range submarine and one of the complex project of submarine construction using the military-grade steel to be built in Pakistan.