Tridente-class submarine vs Type 039A/B/C submarine

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ASubmarines

Tridente-class submarine

Attack submarine

Type 039A/B/C submarine — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

Type 039A/B/C submarine

Attack submarine

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Tridente-class submarineLength

67.7 m

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Type 039A/B/C submarineLength

77.6 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Tridente-class submarinelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Type 039A/B/C submarinelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+15%
Beam+32%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

67.7m

77.6m

Length+15%

All recorded figures & sources

67.7 m

Length

Single source

67.7 m (222 ft 1 in)^[source]

77.6 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Tridente-class submarine and Type 039A/B/C submarine configuration
Specification	Tridente-class submarine	Type 039A/B/C submarine
Builders	HDW^[source]	Wuchang Shipbuilding , Wuhan^[source]
Operators	Portuguese Navy^[source]	Current operators: People's Liberation Army Navy Pakistan Navy Future operators Royal Thai Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Albacora class^[source]	Type 039^[source]
Built	2005–2010^[source]

In commission	2010–present^[source]	2006–present^[source]

Planned	3^[source]	≥25^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	≥22^[source]

Canceled	1^[source]	—

Type	Attack submarine^[source]	Attack submarine^[source]

Propulsion	Diesel-electric, fuel cell AIP , low noise skew back propeller^[source]	Diesel-electric, 1 shaft, AIP^[source]

Endurance	45 days^[source]	—

Test depth	superior to 300 m (984 ft)^[source]	250 m (820 ft)^[source]

Capacity	14^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Kelvin Hughes KH-1007 (F) navigation radar Atlas Elektronik GmbH ISUS 90 combat management system^[source]	—

Armament	(8) 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes, (4) subHarpoon-capable 12 × WASS Blackshark torpedo reloads^[source]	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for: Yu-10 torpedoes Yu-6 torpedoes Anti-ship cruise missiles including YJ-82 , YJ-18 (Type 039A and Type 039B) and YJ-19 (Type 039B and Type 039C)^[source]

Name	—	Type 039A Type 039B Type 039C^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Type 041^[source]

Subclasses	—	Hangor class (Pakistan) Matchanu class (Thailand) (under construction)^[source]

Active	—	At least 22 submarines: ≥1 Type 039C Per United States Department of Defense : 21 Type 039A and Type 039B combined Per International Institute for Strategic Studies : 4 Type 039A and 16 Type 039B^[source]