LR7 vs Type 039A/B/C submarine: Specs Compared

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ASubmarines

LR7

Deep-submergence rescue vehicle

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

BSubmarines

Type 039A/B/C submarine

Attack submarine

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

LR7Length

9.6 m

Length source ↗

Type 039A/B/C submarineLength

77.6 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

LR7larger figure on 0 of 3

None

Type 039A/B/C submarinelarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+708%
Beam+163%
Speed+561%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

9.6m

77.6m

Length+708%

All recorded figures & sources

9.6 m

Length

Single source

9.6 metres (31 ft)^[source]

77.6 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

LR7 and Type 039A/B/C submarine configuration
Specification	LR7	Type 039A/B/C submarine
Power	Lead-acid batteries^[source] 2 x electric motors (26.8 horsepower (20.0 kW)) 4 x tilting side thrusters (16 horsepower (12 kW))^[source]	—
Builders	Forum Energy Technologies (FET)^[source]	Wuchang Shipbuilding , Wuhan^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Current operators: People's Liberation Army Navy Pakistan Navy Future operators Royal Thai Navy^[source]
Preceded by	35-ton deep-submergence rescue vehicle^[source]

In service	2009 - present^[source]	—

Name	LR7^[source]	Type 039A Type 039B Type 039C^[source]

Status	Active^[source]	—

Type	Deep-submergence rescue vehicle^[source]	Attack submarine^[source]

Capacity	18 survivors^[source]	—

Succeeded by	—	Type 041^[source]

Subclasses	—	Hangor class (Pakistan) Matchanu class (Thailand) (under construction)^[source]

In commission	—	2006–present^[source]

Planned	—	≥25^[source]

Completed	—	≥22^[source]

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]

Propulsion	—	Diesel-electric, 1 shaft, AIP^[source]

Test depth	—	250 m (820 ft)^[source]

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]