Archer-class submarine vs Cosmos-class submarine

Archer-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Archer-class submarine

Credit

David's World 2011 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Cosmos-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

Cosmos-class submarine

SDV / Midget submarine

Credit

Pakistan Navy Official Website · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Archer-class submarineLength

60.5 m

Length source ↗

Cosmos-class submarineLength

28 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Archer-class submarinelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+116%
Beam+165%
Draught

Cosmos-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 22 rows sourced on both sides

60.5m

28m

Length+116%

All recorded figures & sources

60.5 m

Length

Single source

60.5 m (198 ft 6 in)^[source]

28 m

Length

Single source

28 m (91 ft 10 in)^[source]

6.1m

2.3m

Beam+165%

All recorded figures & sources

6.1 m

Beam

Single source

6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)^[source]

2.3 m

Beam

Single source

2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)^[source]

5.6mDraft

5.59mDraft

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

5.6 m

Draft

Single source

5.6 m (18 ft 4 in)^[source]

5.59 m

Draft

Single source

5.59 m (18 ft 4 in)^[source]

1,500tSubmerged

Surfaced: 102 tons Submerged: 110 tons

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

1,500 tonnes

Submerged

Single source

1,400 tonnes

Surfaced

Single source

Surfaced: 1,400 t (1,400 long tons; 1,500 short tons) Submerged: 1,500 t (1,500 long tons; 1,700 short tons)^[source]

Surfaced: 102 tons Submerged: 110 tons^[source]

14, (6 operations, 2 SEAL Teams)

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

28 people

Complement

Single source

28^[source]

14, (6 operations, 2 SEAL Teams)^[source]

28km/hMaximum; Submerged

17km/hMaximum; Surfaced

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

28 km/h

Maximum; Submerged

Single source

15 km/h

Maximum; Surfaced

Single source

Surfaced: 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) Submerged: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

11.1 km/h

Maximum; Submerged

Single source

17 km/h

Maximum; Surfaced

Single source

Surfaced : 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) Submerged : 6.0 knots (11.1 km/h; 6.9 mph)^[source]

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4,000km

Range

All recorded figures & sources

4,000 km

Range

Single source

2,500 miles (4,000 km)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Archer-class submarine and Cosmos-class submarine configuration
Specification	Archer-class submarine	Cosmos-class submarine
Builders	Kockums^[source]	Design: Cos.Mo.S in Livorno , Italy Construction and Design: KS&EW Ltd. in Karachi , Pakistan^[source]
Operators	Republic of Singapore Navy^[source]	Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Challenger class^[source]	SX-404 class^[source]
Succeeded by	Invincible class^[source]	Dolgorae class ( South Korea )^[source]
Completed	2^[source]	3^[source]
Active	2^[source]	3^[source]
Propulsion	2 × Hedemora diesel-electric engines 2 × Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units^[source]	Diesel-electric^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	FAS^[source]	—
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for TP-617 heavy-weight torpedoes and Blackshark torpedoes 3 × 400 mm (16 in) torpedo tubes^[source]	Torpedo tubes Mine laying hooks^[source]
Country of origin	Sweden^[source]	Colombia^[source]
Built	—	1993–96^[source]
Planned	—	3^[source]
Type	—	SDV / Midget submarine^[source]
Endurance	—	20 days^[source]
Test depth	—	110 m (360 ft)^[source]