PNS Shushuk (S132)

History
Pakistan
Name: PNS Mangro
Owner: Pakistan Navy
Ordered: 1966
Builder: DCNS in France
Laid down: 1 December 1967
Launched: 30 July 1969
Commissioned: 12 January 1970
Decommissioned: 2 January 2006
In service: 1970-2006
Homeport: Naval Dockyard in Karachi
Identification: S-132
Fate: Scrapped for metal by National Shipping Corporation
General characteristics
Class and type:
Displacement: 860 ton surfaced; 1,038 ton dived
Length: 57.75 m (189 ft 6 in)
Beam: 6.8 m (22.3 ft)
Draught: 4.6 m (15.1 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600 shaft horsepower (1,193 kW)
Speed:
  • Snorkelling: 16 knots (30 km/h)
  • Surfaced: 12 knots (22.2 km/h)
Range: Surfaced: 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h)
Endurance: 30 days
Test depth: 300 m (980 ft)
Complement: 45, 7 Officers, 41 Enlists:25[1]
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • DRUA 31 radar
  • DUUA 2B sonar
  • DSUV 2 passive sonar
  • DUUX acoustic telemeter
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 ARUR 10B radar detector
Armament:
  • 12 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes (8 bow, 4 stern)
  • 12 torpedoes or missiles

PNS Shushuk was a Hangor-class diesel-electric submarine based on the French design of Daphné-class.:195[2] She was designed, built, and commissioned in Toulon France. She was in service from 12 January 1970 until 2 January 2006.[3]

She was laid down on 1 December 1967 at Toulon in France by the French DCNS, and launched on 30 July 1969, commissioned in the Pakistan Navy on 12 January 1970.:108[4][5]

She saw active actions during the western front of the third war with India when she was deployed in Arabian sea to conduct submarine operations against the Indian Navy, and safely reported back to its base after the ceasefire reached between two nations.:contents[6] After her war service, she voyaged to the Kamafuli river in Bangladesh and paid a goodwill visit through the Yangon River in Burma, and served on various military missions of the Navy.[7]

On 2 January 2006, she was decommissioned having completed 34-years of service with the Pakistan Navy.[3]

See also

Reference

  1. ↑ Pakistan Pictorial (9 ed.). Pakistan Publications. 1985. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Karim, Afsir (1996). Indo-Pak Relations: Viewpoints, 1989-1996. Lancer Publishers. p. 340. ISBN 9781897829233. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 Staff writer, et.al. (2 January 2006). "Pak-navy decommissioned 4 more French origin submarines". Paktribune. Pakistan Tribune. Pakistan Tribune. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Hiranandani, G. M. (2000). Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975 (google books) (1st ed.). Lancer Publishers. p. 375. ISBN 9781897829721. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Shabbir, Usman (12 June 2003). "DAPHNE CLASS (SSK)" (html). pakdef.org. Islamabad: « PakDef Military Consortium. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Chander, Col Y. Udaya Chandar (2018). Independent India’. Notion Press. ISBN 9781948473224. Retrieved 28 September 2018. C1 control character in |title= at position 18 (help)
  7. ↑ Roy, Sulman (12 February 2009). "Submarine: PNS/M SHUSHUK:". Submarine. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  • "Pakistan Navy Submarine Command (COMSUBS)". www.paknavy.gov.pk. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
  • Saeed, PN, Chief Petty Officer Saquib (17 August 2014). "Under the Sea: The Four Daphné Girls". The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune, CPO Saeed. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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