Shallow Water Combat Submersible vs Type 093 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

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

BSubmarines

Type 093 submarine

Nuclear-powered attack submarine

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Shallow Water Combat SubmersibleLength

6.8 m

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Type 093 submarineType 093B

110 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

6.8m

110mType 093B

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.8 m

Length

Single source

6.8 meters (22 ft)^[source]

108.5 m

Type 093/A

Single source

Configuration

Details

Shallow Water Combat Submersible and Type 093 submarine configuration
Specification	Shallow Water Combat Submersible	Type 093 submarine
Range	—	Unlimited^[source]
Builders	Teledyne Brown Engineering^[source]	Bohai Shipyard , Huludao^[source]
Operators	United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Preceded by	SEAL Delivery Vehicle^[source]	Type 091^[source]

Cost	$383 million (program cost)^[source]	—

On order	7 USN, 3 RN^[source]	—

Building	2^[source]	5^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	9+^[source]

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

Propulsion	Lithium-ion batteries powering electric motors^[source]	2 x 70-75 megawatt pressurized water nuclear reactors 1 x pump-jet (Type 093B)^[source]

Test depth	>190 feet (58 m)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS^[source]	Type 359 radar Hull-mounted sonar Flank array sonar Passive intercept array sonar Towed array sonar (Type 093A)^[source]

Armament	SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines^[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]