Agosta-class submarine

	French Agosta-70 submarine Ouessant at Brest in 2005
Class overview
Operators	French Navy (former); Royal Malaysian Navy (former); Spanish Navy; Pakistan Navy;
Preceded by	Daphné class
Succeeded by	Scorpène class; Rubis class;
Subclasses	Agosta 90B
Built	1977–2006
In commission	1977 – Active in service in Spain and Pakistan
Planned	13
Completed	13
Active	6
Retired	7
Scrapped	5
Preserved	1
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 (snorkeling);
Range	8,500 miles (13,679 km)
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	SM 39 Exocet; 4 × 550 mm (22 in) bow torpedo tubes (12 reloads on Khalid-class, 16 reloads on Hashmat class); ECAN L5 Mod 3 & ECAN F17 Mod 2 torpedoes;

The Agosta-class submarine is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed and constructed by the French DCNS in the 1970s to succeed the Daphné-class submarines. The submarines have served in the French Navy as well as exported to the navies of Spain and Pakistan. It also used by Royal Malaysian Navy for the training purpose. They were replaced in French service by the Rubis-class nuclear attack submarines but are still in active service with the navies of Spain and Pakistan. The French Navy grouped this model of submarine in their most capable class as an océanique, meaning "ocean-going."

The Agosta class is named for its lead unit, Agosta, which in turn was named for the Battle of Augusta (French: Agosta) of 22 April 1676.

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