Sang-O-class submarine vs Type 093 submarine

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Sang-O-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Sang-O-class submarine

Coastal submarine

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AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Type 093 submarine

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Type 093 submarine

Nuclear-powered attack submarine

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Sang-O-class submarineLength

34 m

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Type 093 submarineType 093B

110 m

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Sang-O-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

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18 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

34m

110mType 093B

Length

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34 m

Length

Single source

34 m (111 ft 7 in)^[source]

108.5 m

Type 093/A

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Configuration

Details

Sang-O-class submarine and Type 093 submarine configuration
Specification	Sang-O-class submarine	Type 093 submarine
Displacement	275 tons (surfaced) 370 tons (submerged)^[source]	Type 093/A 6,675 tons (submerged) Type 093B 6,700 -7,000 tons (submerged)^[source]
Builders	Bong Dao Bo Shipyards, Singpo^[source]	Bohai Shipyard , Huludao^[source]
Operators	Korean People's Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Yugo class^[source]

Succeeded by	Sinpo class^[source]	Type 095^[source]

Subclasses	Attack version, infiltration/reconnaissance version^[source]	—

In commission	1991^[source]	2006–present^[source]

Completed	41+^[source]	9+^[source]

Active	40 (February 2021)^[source]	Total 12 to 14: Type 093: 2 Type 093A: 4 Type 093B: 6-8^[source]

Lost	1 captured by South Korea^[source]	—

Preserved	1^[source]	—

Type	Coastal submarine^[source]	Nuclear-powered attack submarine^[source]

Propulsion	Diesel-electric: 1 small diesel, 1 electric motor, 1 shaft^[source]	2 x 70-75 megawatt pressurized water nuclear reactors 1 x pump-jet (Type 093B)^[source]

Test depth	150 m (490 ft), capable of bottoming^[source]	—

Capacity	0 (10/11 in recce version)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Radar Civilian Furuno I-band radar Passive RWR/ESM/SIGINT Golf Ball radar Snoop Plate radar Sonar Trout Cheek sonar^[source]	Type 359 radar Hull-mounted sonar Flank array sonar Passive intercept array sonar Towed array sonar (Type 093A)^[source]

Armament	4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes fitted with Russian 53-65KE torpedoes Capable of minelaying^[source]	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes Yu-3 , Yu-4 , Yu-6 torpedoes YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missile YJ-82 anti-ship cruise missile 24-cell vertical launching system (VLS) (Type 093B)^[source]