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ROYAL THAI NAVY (THAILAND)

SUBMARINES

S26T type submarines

similar Chinese Changcheng 330 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
i     Wuchang, Wuhan, China 2019 2021 2023 building (2019)
 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

2725 / 3600

Length, m

77.6

Breadth, m

8.40 hull

Draught, m

5.50

No of shafts

1

Machinery

4 MTU 16V396 SE84 diesel-generators / Stirling AIP, 1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

6092 / 220

Max speed, kts

16 / 23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

8000(16) / 800(4)

Armament

6 - 533 TT (bow, 18, inc. Yin Ji-82 SSM (4 C-602) or 24-36 mines)

Electronic equipment

type 359 radar, H/SQG-4 sonar suite (TSM2233 Eledone, TSM-2255, SQB-2 sonars), H/SQC-207 sonar, Type 921-A (SRW209) ECM suite, CCS

Complement

58

Diving depth operational, m

300

Project history: Chinese export design S26 was chosen by Thai Navy in 2015 and an order for the first submarine of the batch of three was signed in May 2017.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019