Archer-class submarine vs Type 039A/B/C 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

Type 039A/B/C submarine — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

Type 039A/B/C submarine

Attack submarine

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Darkranch23 at English Wikipedia · 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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Type 039A/B/C submarineLength

77.6 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Archer-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 5

None

Type 039A/B/C submarinelarger figure on 5 of 5

Length+28%
Beam+38%
Draught+20%
Displacement

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 22 rows sourced on both sides

60.5m

77.6m

Length+28%

All recorded figures & sources

60.5 m

Length

Single source

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

77.6 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Archer-class submarine and Type 039A/B/C submarine configuration
Specification	Archer-class submarine	Type 039A/B/C submarine
Builders	Kockums^[source]	Wuchang Shipbuilding , Wuhan^[source]
Operators	Republic of Singapore Navy^[source]	Current operators: People's Liberation Army Navy Pakistan Navy Future operators Royal Thai Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Challenger class^[source]	Type 039^[source]
Succeeded by	Invincible class^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	≥22^[source]

Active	2^[source]	At least 22 submarines: ≥1 Type 039C Per United States Department of Defense : 21 Type 039A and Type 039B combined Per International Institute for Strategic Studies : 4 Type 039A and 16 Type 039B^[source]

Propulsion	2 × Hedemora diesel-electric engines 2 × Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units^[source]	Diesel-electric, 1 shaft, AIP^[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]	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for: Yu-10 torpedoes Yu-6 torpedoes Anti-ship cruise missiles including YJ-82 , YJ-18 (Type 039A and Type 039B) and YJ-19 (Type 039B and Type 039C)^[source]