Shallow Water Combat Submersible vs Suffren-class submarine

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Shallow Water Combat Submersible — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Shallow Water Combat Submersible

Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle

Credit

CAPT Kate Dollof · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BSubmarines

Suffren-class submarine

Nuclear attack submarine

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Shallow Water Combat SubmersibleLength

6.8 m

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Suffren-class submarineLength

99.5 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Shallow Water Combat Submersiblelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Suffren-class submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

6.8m

99.5m

Length+1363%

All recorded figures & sources

6.8 m

Length

Single source

6.8 meters (22 ft)^[source]

99.5 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Shallow Water Combat Submersible and Suffren-class submarine configuration
Specification	Shallow Water Combat Submersible	Suffren-class submarine
Range	—	Unlimited range^[source]
Power	—	1 × K15 nuclear reactor , 150 MW (200,000 hp) 2 × turbo generator groups : 10 MW (13,000 hp) each 2 × SEMPT Pielstick emergency diesel generators 480 kW (640 hp) each 1 × pump-jet electrically driven^[source]
Builders	Teledyne Brown Engineering^[source]	Naval Group^[source]
Operators	United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)^[source]	French Navy^[source]

Cost	$383 million (program cost)^[source]	€ 10.42 billion (2014) (equivalent to € 12.61 billion in 2025) for 6 units (about € 1.73 billion (2014) (equivalent to € 2.09 billion in 2025) per unit )^[source]

On order	7 USN, 3 RN^[source]	—

Building	2^[source]	2^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	4^[source]

Type	Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle^[source]	Nuclear attack submarine^[source]

Propulsion	Lithium-ion batteries powering electric motors^[source]	—

Test depth	>190 feet (58 m)^[source]	>350 m (1,150 ft)^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS^[source]	System: Naval Group SYCOBS combat management system NEMESIS electronic countermeasure system with CANTO-S decoys and automatic evasive manoeuvres (confusion/dilution principle) Thales PARTNER communications management system Masts: Safran Series-30AOM / SOM attack and search optronics mast (equipped with integral RESM antennas) Safran Series 10 CSR mast with Sentinel-U radar Safran SIGMA 40 XP gyrolaser navigation systems Sonars: Thales UMS-3000 hull and flank array sonar suite Thales ETBF DSUV 62C towed array sonar Thales SEACLEAR mine and obstacle avoidance sonar Thales VELOX-M8 broadband sonar interceptor Thales NUSS-2F Mk2 navigation echo sounder Communications: Thales DIVESAT communications satellite mast with Syracuse satellite link Data links: Link 11 , Link 16 and Link 22 Thales TUUM-5 MK2 distressed submarine (DISSUB) communication system^[source]

Armament	SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines^[source]	4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo-tubes and 20 storage racks for: F21 Artemis heavyweight torpedoes MdCN land-attack missiles Exocet SM39 Mod2 anti-ship missiles Naval Group D-19T UUV FG29 multi-influence mines^[source]