Key Data:
Crew
42 (including 6 officers)
Dimensions:
Length
78m
Beam
8m
Draught
7m
Displacement
3,050t (surfaced)
3,350t (dived)
Performance:
Speed
Surfaced - 10kt
Snorting - 10kt
Dived - 20kt
Range
At 10kt surfaced - 11,500 miles
At 10kt snorting - 9,000 miles
At 4kt dived - 400 miles
Weapon Systems:
Surface-to-Surface Missile
Sub Harpoon
Torpedoes
6 x 533mm tubes for Harpoon and Gould mk 48 torpedoes - total of 22 carried
Mines
Up to 44 (in place of torpedoes)
Combat Data System
Rockwell Australia combat system, being replaced with Ratheon CCS mk 2
Countermeasures:
ESM
EDO ES-5600 ESM, ARGO AR-740
Decoys
Strachan and Henshaw SSDE
Radar
Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar
Sonar
Thales Underwater Systems Scylla bow sonar
Thales underwater Systems Kariwara or Namara towed array
Periscopes
Thales optronics CK043 search and CH093 attack periscopes
Propulsion:
Engines
3 x Hedemora / Garden Island type V18B/14 diesel engines, 1,475kW each
Generators
3 x Jeumont Schneider 440V generators, 1,400kW each
Motors
1 x main motor, 5,250kW
1 x Mactaggart Scott DM 43006 hydraulic motor for emergency propulsion
| ACTIVE DUTY SUBMARINES | ||||||
| Name (Number) | Class | Base | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned |
| Collins (S601) | Collins | HMAS Stirling | ASC, Adelaide | February 1990 | August 1993 | July 1996 |
| Farncomb (74) | Collins | HMAS Stirling | ASC, Adelaide | March 1991 | December 1995 | January 1998 |
| Waller (75) | Collins | HMAS Stirling | ASC, Adelaide | March 1992 | March 1997 | January 1998 |
| Dechaineux (76) | Collins | HMAS Stirling | ASC, Adelaide | March 93 | March 1998 | February 2003 |
| Sheean (77) | Collins | HMAS Stirling | ASC, Adelaide | February 1994 | May 1999 | February 2003 |
| Rankin (78) | Collins | HMAS Stirling | ASC, Adelaide | May 1995 | November 2001 | March 2003 |
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