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plus 8 troops
Single source32 (plus 8 troops)[source]
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Single source12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) submerged[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | S-80 Plus-class submarine | Type 096 submarine |
|---|---|---|
| Thrust | 1 shaft Etanol-AIP 3 bio-ethanol engines (3 × 1,200 kW) MTU-16V-396SE-85L 1 electric motor (3,500 kW), 1 AIP fuel cell unit (300 kW) Vulkan couplings RATO-S G-561W. 280 kN·m[source] | — |
| Builders | Navantia[source] | — |
| Operators | Spanish Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Galerna class[source] | Type 094 submarine[source] |
| Cost | € 3.935 billion (2018) for 4 units € 983.75 million (2018) per unit[source] | — |
| Built | 2005–2029 (planned)[source] | — |
| In commission | 2023-present[source] | — |
| Planned | — | |
| Building | — | |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | — | |
| Type | Submarine with air-independent propulsion (AIP)[source] | SSBN[source] |
| Endurance | 30-55 days in immersion[source] | — |
| Test depth | 460 m (1,510 ft)[source] | — |
| Armament | 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes with: Torpedoes: DM2A4 Mark 48 (option) Black Shark (option) Spearfish (option) Torped 2000 (option) Anti-ship missiles: UGM-84 Sub-Harpoon block II (option) Exocet (option) Joint Strike Missile (studies) Cruise missiles: Tomahawk (option) Cylindrical multi-influence mines MINEA smart bottom mines[source] | JL-3 SLBMs (?)[source] |
| Notes | AIP reactor autonomy: 28 days[source] | — |
| National origin | Spain[source] | — |
| Name | — | Type 096[source] |
| Propulsion | — | Nuclear reactor[source] |