Daphné class submarine
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{{Navy|Pakistan}} <br />
{{Navy|Portugal}} <br />
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|Class after=[[Agosta 90B class submarine|''Agosta'' class submarine]]
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|In commission range=1964 - 2006
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|Ship displacement=860 tonnes surfaced<br />
1,038 tonnes submerged
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|Ship length=57.75 metres
|Ship beam=6.74 metres
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24 non-commissioned officers <br />
20 sailors
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12 torpedoes or missiles
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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.
These ships were enlarged versions of the [[Aréthuse class submarine|''Aréthuse'' class submarines]]. 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 (S647)|Minerve]]'' 1968) sank accidentally and brought sales to an end. The cause was eventually considered to have been a faulty [[Submarine snorkel|snorkel]] design. The submarines were scrapped in the 1990s and Portugal sold one of its boats to Pakistan. [[PNS Hangor|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 class submarine|''Agosta''-90B]], for which France has given Pakistan transfer of technology & licence to export to other friendly countries.
==Ships==
*[[French Navy]]
** '''S641 ''Daphné''''' - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
** '''S642 ''Diane''''' - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
** '''S643 ''Doris''''' - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1994
** '''S644 ''[[Eurydice (S644)|Eurydice]]''''' - completed 1964 - lost in an accident on 4 March 1970
** '''S645 ''Flore''''' - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1989
** '''S646 ''Galétée''''' - completed 1964 - decommissioned 1991
** '''S647 ''[[Minerve (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 Navy]]
** '''S131 [[PNS Hangor|PNS ''Hangor'']]''' - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006 (planned to be a museum ship)
** '''S132 PNS ''Shushuk''''' - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006?
** '''S133 PNS ''Mangro''''' - completed 1970 - decommissioned 2006?
** '''S134 PNS ''Ghazi''''' (ex Portuguese Cachalote) - acquired 1975 - decommissioned 2006?
*[[Portuguese Navy]] ([[Albacora class submarine]])
** '''S163 ''Albacora''''' - completed 1967 - decommissioned 2000
** '''S164 ''Baraccuda''''' - completed 1968 - in service 2006
** '''S165 ''[[NRP Cachalote (S165)|Cachalote]]''''' - completed 1969 - sold to Pakistan 1975
** '''S166 ''Delfim''''' - completed 1969 - decommissioned 2005
*[[South African Navy]]
** '''S97 SAS ''Maria Van Riebeeck''''' - renamed '''SAS ''Spear''''' - completed 1970 - decommissioned by 2003
** '''S98 SAS ''Emily Hobhouse'''''- renamed '''SAS ''Umkhonto''''' - completed 1970 - decommissioned by 2003
** '''S99 SAS ''Joanna Van de Merwe''''' - renamed '''SAS ''Assegai''''' - completed 1971 - decommissioned by 2003
*[[Spanish Navy]] (built by [[Navantia|Bazan]] at [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]] [[dockyard]])
** '''S61 ''Delfín''''' - completed 1973 - decommissioned 2003 [http://www.thisistorrevieja.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=97 Now on display at Torrevieja harbour. Click here to see.]
** '''S62 ''Tonina''''' - completed 1973 - decommissioned 2005
** '''S63 ''Marsopa''''' - completed 1975 - decommissioned 2006
** '''S64 ''Narval''''' - completed 1975 - decommissioned 2003
<gallery>
Image:PNS Ghazi 134 DN-SC-92-03633.JPEG|''Daphné'' class submarine ''Ghazi'' (S-134)
Image:PsychéRouen1994.jpg|''Psyché''
Image:Doris 1994.jpg|''Doris''
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==External links==
* [http://www.netmarine.net/bat/smarins/minerve/caracter.htm Sous-marin ''Minerve'' : Caractéristiques principales]
* [http://www.nasog.net/datasheets/warships/sub/Daphne_Class.htm Daphné class datasheet on nasog.net]
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