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S-80 Plus-class submarinelarger figure on 4 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source81.05 m (265 ft 11 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | S-80 Plus-class submarine | Type 206 submarine |
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| 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] | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Nordseewerke[source] |
| Operators | Spanish Navy[source] | German Navy Colombian National Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Galerna class[source] | Type 205 submarine |
Type 206 submarinelarger figure on 0 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
48.49 metres (159 ft 1 in)[source]
Maximum; Submerged
Single sourceMaximum; Surfaced
Single source12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) submerged[source]
Maximum; Submerged
Single sourceMaximum; Surfaced
Single sourceRange
Single source8,000 km (5,000 mi)[source]
at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Single sourceat 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph), surfaced
Single source4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph), surfaced 228 nautical miles (422 km; 262 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged[source]
diesel
Single sourceelectric
Single source440 kilowatts (590 hp) (diesel) 1,100 kilowatts (1,500 hp) (electric)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Cost | € 3.935 billion (2018) for 4 units € 983.75 million (2018) per unit[source] | — |
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| Built | 2005–2029 (planned)[source] | 1969–1975[source] |
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| In commission | 2023-present[source] | 1973–2011 (Germany) 2012–present (Colombia)[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 18[source] |
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| Active |
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| Type | Submarine with air-independent propulsion (AIP)[source] | Type 206A submarine[source] |
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| Endurance | 30-55 days in immersion[source] | — |
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| Test depth | 460 m (1,510 ft)[source] | more than 200 m[source] |
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| 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] | 8 × 533 mm torpedo tubes , 8 DM2A1 Seeaal (206) or DM2A3 Seehecht (206A) torpedoes ; 24 mines can be carried externally[source] |
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| Notes | AIP reactor autonomy: 28 days[source] | — |
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| National origin | Spain[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 212 submarine , Type 209 submarine[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Gal -class submarine[source] |
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| Retired | — | 16[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 MTU 12V 493, 4-stroke diesel engines , each coupled with an Asea Brown Boveri - generator 1 Siemens -Schuckert-Werke electric motor driving single five (Type 206) or seven (Type 206A) blade propeller[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | STN Atlas DBQS-21 (CSU83) submarine sonar Thomson-CSF DUUX 2 passive rangefinder sonar Safare VELOX sonar intercept EDO-900 active mine avoidance sonar Thomson-CSF Calypso II surveillance and navigation radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Thomson-CSF DR-2000U ESM system Thorn-EMI SARIE[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source] |
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10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced; 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph), submerged[source]