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| ''Type 214'' attack submarine |
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| Class Overview |
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| Class Type | Attack Submarine |
| Class Name | Type 214 |
| Preceded By | Type 212 Submarine |
| Succeeded By | ' |
| Ships of the Class: | ''Papanikolis, Pipinos, Matrozos, Katsonis, Son Won-il'' |
The is a
Diesel-electric Submarine developed by
Howaldtswerke -Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW). It is based on
Type 209 design with features from
Type 212 .
Contract to build three boats for
Hellenic Navy was signed
15 February 2000 and a fourth one was ordered in June
2002 . The first boat was built at HDW in
Kiel ,
Germany and the rest at the
Hellenic Shipyards Co. in
Skaramangas ,
Greece .
South Korea has ordered three Type 214 boats, to be built in Korea by
Hyundai Heavy Industries , which will enter service from 2009.
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- Displacement: 1700 t surfaced / 1980 t submerged(GR) / 1860 t submerged(SK)
- Dimensions: length 65 m / beam 6.3 m / draft 6 m
- Armament: 8 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Diesel engines: 2 MTU 16V 396 (6.24 MW)(GR) / 1 MTU 16V 396 (3.12 MW)(SK)
- AIP system: 2 HDW PEM fuel cells (240 kW)(GR) / 9 HDW PEM fuel cells (306 kW)(SK)
- Electric motor: 1 Siemens Permasyn (2.85 MW)
- Speed: 12 kt surfaced / 20 kt submerged
- Speed on fuel cells: 2-6 kt
- Range surfaced: 12000 miles
- Range submerged: 420 nm @ 8 kt
- Range on fuel cells: 1248 nm @ 4 kt
- Operating depth: 400 m
- Complement: 5 officers + 22 crew
