Collins-class submarine vs Type 093 submarine

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Collins-class submarine — licensed exterior reference photograph

ASubmarines

Collins-class submarine

Diesel-electric submarine

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Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael R. McCormick · Public domain · Public domain · Source ↗

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Type 093 submarine

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Type 093 submarine

Nuclear-powered attack submarine

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Collins-class submarineLength

77.42 m

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Type 093 submarineType 093B

110 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

77.42m

110mType 093B

Length

All recorded figures & sources

77.42 m

Length

Single source

77.42 m (254.0 ft)^[source]

108.5 m

Type 093/A

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Configuration

Details

Collins-class submarine and Type 093 submarine configuration
Specification	Collins-class submarine	Type 093 submarine
Builders	Australian Submarine Corporation Kockums Civmec^[source]	Bohai Shipyard , Huludao^[source]
Operators	Royal Australian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Oberon class^[source]	Type 091^[source]
Succeeded by	Attack class (cancelled) Virginia class and SSN-AUKUS (planned)^[source]

Cost	A$ 5.1 billion (1999) for 6 units A$ 850 million (1999) per unit^[source]	—

Built	14 February 1990–18 March 2003^[source]	—

In commission	27 July 1996–present^[source]	2006–present^[source]

Completed	6^[source]	9+^[source]

Active	6^[source]	Total 12 to 14: Type 093: 2 Type 093A: 4 Type 093B: 6-8^[source]

Type	Diesel-electric submarine^[source]	Nuclear-powered attack submarine^[source]

Endurance	70 days^[source]	—

Test depth	Over 180 m (590 ft) – actual depth classified^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Sonar: Thomson Sintra Scylla bow and distributed sonar arrays Thales SHORT-TAS towed sonar array Thales intercept array Radar: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 surface search radar Periscopes: Thales CK043 search periscope Thales CH093 attack periscope Combat system: Modified Raytheon CCS Mk2 (AN/BYG-1)^[source]	Type 359 radar Hull-mounted sonar Flank array sonar Passive intercept array sonar Towed array sonar (Type 093A)^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	Condor CS-5600 ESM 2 × SSE decoys^[source]	—

Armament	6 × 21-inch (530 mm) bow torpedo tubes Payload: 22 torpedoes, mix of: Mark 48 Mod 7 CBASS torpedoes UGM-84 C Sub-Harpoon anti-ship missiles Or: RWM Italia smart sea mines^[source]	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes Yu-3 , Yu-4 , Yu-6 torpedoes YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missile YJ-82 anti-ship cruise missile 24-cell vertical launching system (VLS) (Type 093B)^[source]