[6] PNS Hamza was designed and built by the KSEW Ltd. at the Karachi Naval Dockyard, with the participation of more than 300 civilian engineers and technicians trained in France's defense industry.

[5] PNS Hamza is the most advanced version of the Agosta 90B design and is more advanced than her two sister ship, Khalid and Saad, as its outer hull is light steel structure, HLES 80, was built at the Pakistan Steel and fabricated at the Naval Dockyard in Karachi in element parts and mounted on the inner pressure hull.

[5] On 10 August 2006, Hamza was launched, sponsored by Sehba Musharraf, the First Lady of Pakistan, and is named after Ḥamzah ibn ‘Abdul-Muṭṭalib– the companion and paternal uncle of Muhammad.

[1] Her maximum depth test was approximated at the 1,968.5 ft (600 m) in the Indian Ocean[4][2] with the MESMA system, and is capable of launching the Exocet SM39 missiles while submerged on a seaborne platform.

[5] On 6 March 2018, the DCNS, its original builder, lost the bidding competition with the Turkish firm, STM, for its refitting and upgrading of her weapon system, combat control system, missile rooms, and periscope upgrades, and is slated to return to her active service in 2020 after returning from Turkey.