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At a glance
Kashtan-class salvage vessellarger figure on 3 of 4
Type 039A/B/C submarine
Measured figures
Length
Single source97.83 m (321 ft 0 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kashtan-class salvage vessel | Type 039A/B/C submarine |
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| Power | 2 × 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) diesel-electric motors, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster , 5 × 775 kW diesel generators[source] | — |
| Name | Kashtan class[source] | Type 039A Type 039B Type 039C[source] |
| Builders | Neptun Werft , Rostock , East Germany[source] | Wuchang Shipbuilding , Wuhan[source] |
| Operators | Soviet Navy (former) Russian Navy[source] | Current operators: People's Liberation Army Navy Pakistan Navy Future operators Royal Thai Navy |
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77.6 m (254 ft 7 in)[source]
at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Single source2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Completed | ≥22[source] |
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| Type | Salvage vessel/ Submersible support[source] | Attack submarine[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 039[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 041[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Hangor class (Pakistan) Matchanu class (Thailand) (under construction)[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2006–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | ≥25[source] |
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| Active | — | 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] |
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| Propulsion | — | Diesel-electric, 1 shaft, AIP[source] |
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| Test depth | — | 250 m (820 ft)[source] |
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| Armament | — | 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] |
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| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] |
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