Dolphin-class submarine vs Gotland-class submarine

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Dolphin-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Dolphin-class submarine

Dolphin -I: diesel-electric attack submarine Dolphin -II: AIP / diesel-electric Attack Submarine

Credit

shlomiliss · CC BY 3.0 · Resized · CC BY 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BSubmarines

Gotland-class submarine

Submarine

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Dolphin-class submarinefor INS Drakon

74 m

Length source ↗

Gotland-class submarineLength

60.4 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Dolphin-class submarinelarger figure on 1 of 1

Beam+10%

Gotland-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 1

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 23 rows sourced on both sides

74mfor INS Drakon

60.4m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

57.3 m

for Dolphin -I

Single source

68.6 m

for Dolphin -II

Single source

Configuration

Details

Dolphin-class submarine and Gotland-class submarine configuration
Specification	Dolphin-class submarine	Gotland-class submarine
Power	Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 1 shaft, 4,243 shp (3,164 kW); Dolphin -II class: air-independent HDW Fuel Cell System^[source]	—
Builders	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW)^[source]	Kockums^[source]
Operators	Israeli Navy^[source]	Swedish Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Gal class^[source]	Västergötland class^[source]

Succeeded by	Dakar class^[source]	Blekinge class^[source]

Completed	Dolphin Leviathan (trans. "Whale" or Leviathan ) Tekumah (trans. "Revival") Tanin (trans. "Crocodile" or Tannin ) Rahav (trans. "Splendour" or Rahab )^[source]	3^[source]

Active	Dolphin -I: 3 Dolphin -II: 3^[source]	3^[source]

Type	Dolphin -I: diesel-electric attack submarine Dolphin -II: AIP / diesel-electric Attack Submarine^[source]	Submarine^[source]

Test depth	At least 350 m (1,150 ft)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	STN Atlas ISUS 90-55 combat system^[source]	CSU 90-2 integrated sonar sensor suite^[source]

Armament	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 4 × 650 mm (26 in) diameter torpedo tubes^[source]	4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 2 × 400 mm (15.7 in) torpedo tubes 48 × Externally mounted naval mines^[source]