Qing-class submarine

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Class overview
NameType 032
Operators People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded byType 039A (Yuan-class)
In commission2012
Completed1
Active1
General characteristics
TypeExperimental submarine
Displacement6,628 tonnes (submerged)
Length92.6 m
Beam10 m
Height17.2 m
Draft6.85 m
PropulsionDiesel-electric, 1 shaft, AIP
Speed14+ knots
Endurance30 days
Troops1 compartment for special forces
Complement88
Armament
  • 1 × 650 mm, 1 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 SLBM VLS and 4 Cruise missile VLS.[1]

The Type 032 submarine (NATO reporting name: Qing-class) is a class of diesel-electric submarine currently undergoing testing in China's People's Liberation Army Navy. It is said to be the world's largest conventional submarine, at a submerged displacement of 6,628 tonnes and is able to submerge for a maximum of 30 days.

Design[]

The Type 032 has a similar ventral "bay" to the Golf-class submarine that protrudes downward.[2] The project for this double hulled submarine begun in January 2005, and construction begun at Wuhan Shipyard in 2008. The submarine was launched on September 10, 2010, and sea trials were completed in September 2012. The submarine entered service on October 12, 2012 with pennant number 201.

The submarine is a testbed for new technologies such as combustion powered torpedoes, compartments for special forces, underwater unmanned vehicles, new SLBMs, new cruise missiles, new anti ship missiles, new SAMs, and a new escape pod which are applied to the Type 095 and Type 096 submarines.[3]

Specifications are as follows:[4]

  • Length (m): 92.6
  • Beam (m): 10
  • Height (m): 17.2
  • Draft (m): 6.85
  • Surfaced displacement (t): 3797
  • Submerged displacement (t): 6628
  • Operating depth (m): 160
  • Max depth (m): 200
  • Surface speed (kt): 10
  • Submerged speed (kt): 14
  • Complement: 88 crew and around 100 scientists and researchers
  • Endurance (day): 30 for 88 complement, 5 for 130 complement, and 3 for 200 complement
  • Torpedo: two torpedo tubes (TT) in the bow, with one 650 mm TT on starboard side and one 533 mm TT on port side[5]
  • Missile: two vertical launching system (VLS) tubes for submarine launched ballistic missiles in the conning tower,[6] four VLS tubes for cruise/ASW/AShM missiles in the forward section.[7]
  • Design: double-hull

See also[]

  • Type 031 submarine

References[]

  1. ^ http://img.bemil.chosun.com/nbrd/data/10044/upfile/201504/20150422185551_1.jpg
  2. ^ Type 032 submarine Archived 2017-04-21 at the Wayback Machine, tuku.military.china.com
  3. ^ Staff Reporter. "PLA said to have built world's largest conventional submarine". WantChinaTimes. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  4. ^ Type 032, tuku.military.china.com
  5. ^ Type 032 TT, tuku.military.china.com
  6. ^ Type 032 SLBM VLS, tuku.military.china.com
  7. ^ Type 032 Tactical missile VLS, tuku.military.china.com

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