Swordsman 2015
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Swordsman (ex-Västergötland) | 589/413 | Kockums, Malmö, Sweden + Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden | 10.1.1983 | 17.9.1986 | 27.11.1987 // 31.12.2005 | in service (2019) | |
| Archer (ex-Hälsingland) | 590/414 | Kockums, Malmö, Sweden + Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden | 1.1.1984 | 31.8.1987 | 20.10.1988 // 31.12.2005 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
1500 / 1600 |
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Length, m |
60.5 |
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Breadth, m |
6.10 |
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Draught, m |
5.60 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 Hedemora V12A/15-Ub diesel-generators / 2 Stirling V4-275R Mk II AIP generators, 1 ASEA electric motor |
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Power, h. p. |
2160 / 200 / 1800 |
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Max speed, kts |
11 / 20 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
6 - 533 TT (bow, 12 Black Shark), 3 - 400 TT (bow, 6 Tp 431 or Tp 451), 22 mines |
| Electronic equipment | Terma radar, CSU-83 sonar suite (DBQS-21, FAS-3-1, towed array), Subac sonar, CS-3701 ECM suite, SUBTICS CCS |
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Complement |
28 |
| Diving depth operational, m | 300 |
Project history: Former Swedish Type A 17 attack submarines.All TT are bow-mounted, with the six 533mm tubes above the three 400mm tubes. Can carry up to 22 mines in externally-mounted containers. Plans to equip these boats with four SSM vertical launch rubes in the sail have been abandoned. Anechoic hull coating. Purchased from Sweden just after decommissioned but commissioned by Singaporean Navy in 16.6.2009 (Archer) and 20.10.2010 (Swordsman) after refit and modernization included installing AIP system in the additional 12m hull section, installing of new Subac sonar and replacing an CCS by new. Both submarines arrived to Singapore 17.8.2011.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Swordsman 2012
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
? Ivan Gogin, 2019