Archer-class submarine vs Romeo-class submarine

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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

BSubmarines

Romeo-class submarine

Credit

photograph was taken by the US navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Archer-class submarineLength

60.5 m

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Romeo-class submarineLength

76.6 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Archer-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Romeo-class submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+27%
Beam+10%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 23 rows sourced on both sides

60.5m

76.6m

Length+27%

All recorded figures & sources

60.5 m

Length

Single source

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

76.6 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Archer-class submarine and Romeo-class submarine configuration
Specification	Archer-class submarine	Romeo-class submarine
Power	—	Two diesels delivering 2.94 MW (4000 shp) with two electric motors driving two shafts.^[source]
Builders	Kockums^[source]	Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard , Gorky Wuchang Shipyard ( Wuhan ) Guangzhou Shipyard ( Canton ) Jiangnan Shipyard ( Shanghai ) Bohai Shipyard ( Huludao ) Mayang-do Naval Shipyard ( North Korea ) - Assembly site of North Korean kits from China .^[source]
Operators	Republic of Singapore Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy (Historical) People's Liberation Army Navy (Historical) Korean People's Navy Bulgarian Navy (Historical) Syrian Navy (Historical) Egyptian Navy Algerian National Navy (historical)^[source]
Preceded by	Challenger class^[source]

Succeeded by	Invincible class^[source]	Foxtrot-class submarine Type 035 submarine^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	133^[source]

Active	2^[source]	—

Propulsion	2 × Hedemora diesel-electric engines 2 × Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	FAS^[source]	sonar and radar^[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]	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes. Six located in the bow and two in the stern. 14 × 533 mm (21 in) anti-ship or anti-submarine torpedoes (including Yu-4 and Yu-1 torpedoes) or 28 mines^[source]