PNS Hangor
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The PNS Hangor is a Pakistani Daphne Class Submarine, which during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War made the first and was the only submarine kill since World War II, when it sunk the Indian frigate INS Khukri till a British Sub sunk an Argentinian Warship during The Falklands War. It also damaged another warship INS Kirpan. Incidentally it remained the only major casuality that a Pakistan vessel could inflict on the Indian Navy in the war, while suffering numerous losses: Naval casualities in 1971 war (http://www.orbat.com/site/cimh/navy/kills(1971)-2.pdf|)
The Submarine was the Lead Ship of her class and was launched in France on 28th June 1968 and was inducted into the Pakistan Navy in 1971.
Its Captain Commander Ahmed Tasnim would later be awarded the Sitaria -e-Jurat Pakistan's 2nd highest military decoration. In an ironic twist of fate the submarine's executive officer Lt Cdr. Abaidullah Khan, also settled a longstanding personal score with the Indians, having been orphaned as a nine-year-old boy, losing both parents in 1948, during the Kashmir war. The torpedo officer Lt Fasih Bokhari would later command the Pakistan Navy.Khukri_1.jpg
Hangor sailed in the early hours of 22 November 1971 to patrol off the Indian Kathiawar coast under the command of Commander Ahmed Tasnim S.J.
On 9 December, in an effort to locate the evasive enemy, HANGOR extended her patrol northward to investigate some radio transmissions intercepted on her sensors. Two contacts were picked up on passive sonar and were identified as warships. The initial range was 6 to 8 miles. A pursuit of the enemy began but the first attempt to attack these ships failed due to speed disadvantage. The submarine however managed to forecast target ships movement and succeeded in taking up a tactically advantageous position on the path of the patrolling frigates by 19:00. At 19:57 the submarine fired a down the throat shot with a homing torpedo at the northerly ship from a depth of 40 meters.
The torpedo was tracked but no explosion was heard. The second torpedo was therefore fired immediately on the incoming southerly ship and this was followed by a tremendous explosion. The torpedo had found its mark. The other enemy frigate came straight for the submarine when a third torpedo was fired. A distant explosion was heard subsequently and the submarine turned west towards deeper waters for evasion. 18 officers and 176 sailors of INS Khukri were killed during the incident.
As of 2004 the Hangor is still in service, however despite many upgradations it is scheduled to be decomissioned soon.