Agosta-class submarine

French submarine Ouessant at Brest in 2005
Class overview
Operators:	French Navy (former)  Spanish Navy  Pakistan Navy  Royal Malaysian Navy
Preceded by:	Daphné class
Succeeded by:	Scorpène class S-80 class
Subclasses:	Agosta 90B
In commission:	1977 – Active in service in Spain and Pakistan
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,500 long tons (1,524 t) surfaced 1,760 long tons (1,788 t) submerged (France, Spain) 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) submerged (Pakistan)
Length:	67 m (219 ft 10 in) (France, Spain) 76 m (249 ft 4 in) (Pakistan)
Beam:	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) submerged 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) submerged (snort)
Test depth:	300 m (980 ft) (France, Spain) 350 m (1,150 ft) (Pakistan)
Complement:	5 officers 36 men
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:	Babur SLCM SM 39 Exocet 4 × 533 mm (21 in) bow torpedo tubes ECAN L5 Mod 3 & ECAN F17 Mod 2 torpedoes

The Agosta-class submarine is actually two related class of diesel-electric and fast attack submarine developed and constructed by France's DCNS to precede the Daphné submarines. The French Navy grouped this model of submarine in their most capable class as an océanique, meaning "ocean-going." The Agosta–70 are in the active service with the Spanish Navy, Pakistan Navy, and formerly by the French Navy when they commissioned the Scorpène class submarines.

TheAgosta-90B is a modernized version that is built as part of a joint-venture by Pakistan's KSEW and the France's DCNS for Pakistan Navy and features the air-independent marine propulsion. The Agosta-90B are slightly larger and modified submarine that has a crew of 36 plus 5 officers and can be equipped with the MESMA air-independent propulsion (AIP) system.

built by Arsenal de Cherbourg

built by Cartagena dockyard

In 1977, Pakistan acquired two Agosta–70 class submarine from France that were originally designed for the South African Navy but France cancelled the delivery following the implementation of Resolution 418 (an arms embargo) by the United Nations. Built and designed by the AC Dubigeon, France eventually sold the Agosta-70 submarines to Pakistan Navy in 1979.