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Gotland-class submarinelarger figure on 1 of 4
Type 039 submarinelarger figure on 3 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source60.4 m (198 ft 2 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Gotland-class submarine | Type 039 submarine |
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| Builders | Kockums[source] | Wuhan Shipbuilding Jiangnan Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Swedish Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Västergötland class[source] | Type 035 submarine[source] |
| Succeeded by | Blekinge class[source] | Type 039A submarine |
74.9 m[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built | 1992–1996[source] | — |
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| In commission | 1996–present[source] | 1998-present[source] |
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| Planned | 13[source] |
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| Completed | 13[source] |
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| Active | 13[source] |
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| Type | Submarine[source] | SSK[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × Diesel-electric MTU engines 2 × Kockums v4-275R Stirling AIP units[source] | diesel-electric, 1 shaft[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | CSU 90-2 integrated sonar sensor suite[source] | — |
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| Armament | 4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 2 × 400 mm (15.7 in) torpedo tubes 48 × Externally mounted naval mines[source] | 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, for: 18 × torpedoes or: 36 × naval mines[source] |
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| Country of origin | Sweden[source] | People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Name | — | Song class[source] |
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| Test depth | — | 300 m[source] |
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