PNS Hangor (S-131) victorious over Indian INS Khurki
PNS/M Hangor (S-131) was a Daphne-class diesel-electric submarine. S-131 was nicknamed as ‘Shark’ that haunted Indian navy forever. It was its own kind of lead ship that was constructed and built in France. It was built after complicated and long-term workout which actually started in 1966.
She earned fame when, on 9 December, 1971 in Indo-Pak war. She sank Indian navy’s ‘INS Khruki’, an antisubmarine frigate along with one homing torpedoe. Pakistan Navy submarine Hangor did what a modern submarine may daydream of targeting enemy’s ships. Under the Command of commander Ahmed Tasnim, she patrolled the allocated area of Indian Kathiawar coast. Hangor hit the ‘INS Khruki’ which sank merely in two minutes along with its force of 18 officers and 176 sailors on board on night of 8/9 December...