Archer-class submarine vs Type 035 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

Type 035 submarine — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

Type 035 submarine

Attack submarine

Credit

颐园居 · 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 ↗

Type 035 submarineLength

76 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Archer-class submarinelarger figure on 1 of 6

Draught+10%

Type 035 submarinelarger figure on 5 of 6

Length+26%
Beam+25%
Displacement+41%
Complement+104%
Speed+18%

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 25 rows sourced on both sides

60.5m

76m

Length+26%

All recorded figures & sources

60.5 m

Length

Single source

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

76 m

Length

Single source

76 m (249 ft 4 in)^[source]

6.1m

7.6m

Beam+25%

All recorded figures & sources

6.1 m

Beam

Single source

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

7.6 m

Beam

Single source

7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)^[source]

5.6mDraft

5.1mDraft

Draught+10%

All recorded figures & sources

5.6 m

Draft

Single source

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

5.1 m

Draft

Single source

5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)^[source]

1,500tSubmerged

2,110tSubmerged

Displacement+41%

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]

2,110 tonnes

Submerged

Single source

2,110 tonnes (submerged)^[source]

Complement+104%

All recorded figures & sources

28 people

Complement

Single source

28^[source]

57 people

Complement

Single source

57^[source]

28km/hMaximum; Submerged

33km/hMaximum; Submerged

Speed+18%

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]

33 km/h

Maximum; Submerged

Single source

18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (submerged)^[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 Type 035 submarine configuration
Specification	Archer-class submarine	Type 035 submarine
Power	—	Type E390ZC-1 diesel engine, 5,200 hp (3,900 kW)^[source]
Builders	Kockums^[source]	Wuchang Shipyard Jiangnan Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Republic of Singapore Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy Bangladesh Navy Myanmar Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Challenger class^[source]	Type 033^[source]
Succeeded by	Invincible class^[source]	Type 039^[source]
Completed	2^[source]	2 Type 035 4 Type 035A 12 Type 035G 5 Type 035B^[source]
Active	2^[source]	2 Type 035G (Bangladesh Navy) 5 Type 035B^[source]
Propulsion	2 × Hedemora diesel-electric engines 2 × Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units^[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]	8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 in the bow and 2 in the stern): 14 anti-ship or anti-submarine torpedoes Up to 28/32 naval mines in the lieu of torpedo tubes Cruise missiles in the lieu of torpedo tubes (Type 035B variant only)^[source]
Country of origin	Sweden^[source]	People's Republic of China^[source]
Name	—	Type 035^[source]
In commission	—	Type 035 1974–1990s Type 035A 1982–present Type 035G 1990–present Type 035B 2000–present^[source]
Lost	—	1 Type 035G^[source]
Retired	—	2 Type 035 4 Type 035A 9 Type 035G^[source]
Preserved	—	2 Type 035G^[source]
Type	—	Attack submarine^[source]
Depth	—	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)^[source]
Test depth	—	300 m (980 ft)^[source]

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Archer-class submarine

Type 035 submarine

Power

—

Type E390ZC-1 diesel engine, 5,200 hp (3,900 kW)^[source]

Builders

Kockums^[source]

Wuchang Shipyard Jiangnan Shipyard^[source]

Operators

Republic of Singapore Navy^[source]

People's Liberation Army Navy Bangladesh Navy Myanmar Navy^[source]

Preceded by

Challenger class^[source]

Type 033^[source]

Succeeded by

Invincible class^[source]

Type 039^[source]

Completed

2^[source]

2 Type 035 4 Type 035A 12 Type 035G 5 Type 035B^[source]

Active

2^[source]

2 Type 035G (Bangladesh Navy) 5 Type 035B^[source]

Propulsion

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

8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (6 in the bow and 2 in the stern): 14 anti-ship or anti-submarine torpedoes Up to 28/32 naval mines in the lieu of torpedo tubes Cruise missiles in the lieu of torpedo tubes (Type 035B variant only)^[source]

Country of origin

Sweden^[source]

People's Republic of China^[source]

Name

—

Type 035^[source]

In commission

—

Type 035 1974–1990s Type 035A 1982–present Type 035G 1990–present Type 035B 2000–present^[source]

Lost

—

1 Type 035G^[source]

Retired

—

2 Type 035 4 Type 035A 9 Type 035G^[source]

Preserved

—

2 Type 035G^[source]

Type

—

Attack submarine^[source]

Depth

—

7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)^[source]

Test depth

—

300 m (980 ft)^[source]