Sauro-class submarine vs Type 093 submarine

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Sauro-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Sauro-class submarine

Submarine

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STV Rudy Guastadisegni (of Italian Navy) · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

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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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Sauro-class submarineIV Batch

66 m

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Type 093 submarineType 093B

110 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

66mIV Batch

110mType 093B

LengthScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

63.85 m

I and II Batches

Single source

64.36 m

III Batch

Single source

Configuration

Details

Sauro-class submarine and Type 093 submarine configuration
Specification	Sauro-class submarine	Type 093 submarine
Displacement	I and II Batches: 1,456 tons surfaced 1,641 tons submerged III Batch: 1,476 tons surfaced 1,662 tons submerged IV Batch: 1,653 tons surfaced 1,862 tons submerged^[source]	Type 093/A 6,675 tons (submerged) Type 093B 6,700 -7,000 tons (submerged)^[source]
Power	3 x shaft diesel Grandi Motori Trieste GMT 210.16-NM (2,7 MW) I, II and III Batches: : 1 electric engine Magneti Marelli (2.686 kW) IV Batch: : 1 electric engine ABB^[source]	—
Name	Sauro class^[source]	Type 093^[source]
Builders	Italcantieri Monfalcone shipyard^[source]	Bohai Shipyard , Huludao

Operators	Italian Navy^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Toti class , Tang class , Tench class^[source]	Type 091^[source]

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

In service	1980^[source]	—

In commission	1979^[source]	2006–present^[source]

Completed	8^[source]	9+^[source]

Active	4^[source]	Total 12 to 14: Type 093: 2 Type 093A: 4 Type 093B: 6-8^[source]

Retired	4^[source]	—

Preserved	1^[source]	—

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

Test depth	300 m^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	I and II Batches: 1 x radar SMA SPS-704 1 x sonar Elsag-USEA IPD70/S Submarine Action Information System SMA/Datamat MM/SBN-716 SACTIS periscopes Barr & Stroud CK31 Search and CH81 Attack Periscopes communication system by ELMER III and IV Batches , after update 1999/2005: 1 x radar SMA MM/BPS 704-V2 1 x sonar STN Atlas Elektronik – ISUS 90-20 Combat System STN Atlas Elektronik – ISUS 90-20 periscopes Kollmorgen communication system IRSC, by Hagenuk Marinekommunikation^[source]	Type 359 radar Hull-mounted sonar Flank array sonar Passive intercept array sonar Towed array sonar (Type 093A)^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	I and II Batches: ESM systems Elettronica Spa, Thetis ELT/124-s and MM-BLD/1 III and IV Batches , after update 1999/2005: ESM systems Elettronica Spa, BLD-727^[source]	—

Armament	I and II Batches: : 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes 12 torpedoes Whitehead A-184 or 24 mines carried III and IV Batches: : 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes 12 torpedoes Whitehead A-184 Mod.3 or 24 mines carried^[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]