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Shallow Water Combat Submersiblelarger figure on 0 of 2
Type 214 submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source6.8 meters (22 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Shallow Water Combat Submersible | Type 214 submarine |
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| Builders | Teledyne Brown Engineering[source] | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Hellenic Shipyards Co. Hyundai Heavy Industries Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Gölcük Naval Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)[source] | Hellenic Navy Republic of Korea Navy Portuguese Navy Turkish Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | SEAL Delivery Vehicle[source] | Jang Bogo-class submarine ( Type 209 submarine )[source] |
| Cost | $383 million (program cost) |
65 m (213 ft 3 in)[source]
at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (submerged)
Single sourceat 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged)
Single sourceSurfaced
Single source12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) (surfaced) 420 nmi (780 km; 480 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (submerged) 1,248 nmi (2,311 km; 1,436 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (submerged)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
$330 million (2008)[source] |
| On order | 7 USN, 3 RN[source] | — |
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| Building |
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| Completed | 17[source] |
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| Type | Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle[source] | Submarine[source] |
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| Propulsion | Lithium-ion batteries powering electric motors[source] | Diesel–electric, fuel cell AIP , low-noise skew back propeller[source] |
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| Test depth | >190 feet (58 m)[source] | nearly 400 m (1,300 ft)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS[source] | — |
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| Armament | SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines[source] | 8 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 4 Sub-Harpoon missile -capable[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 5, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 | Germany[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 216 submarine[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Papanikolis class (Greece) Tridente class (Portugal) Reis class (Turkey)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2007–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 21[source] |
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| Active | — | 15[source] |
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