Type 218 submarine

Class overview
Name: Type 218SG
Builders: ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Kiel[1]
Operators:  Republic of Singapore Navy
Preceded by: Archer-class submarine
Cost: <$1 billion USD[2]
Planned: 2
General characteristics
Type: Submarine
Displacement: 2,000[3]
Length: 70m[3]
Beam: 6.3m[3]
Installed power: 2x120kW PEM fuel cells[3]
Propulsion: AIP[4]
Crew: 28 [5]
Notes: Delivery expected in 2020

The Type 218SG is a submarine class ordered by the Republic of Singapore Navy from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. The deal for two submarines is valued at €1.6 billion with the first delivery in 2020, which includes logistics and crew training.[1][4][6] These submarines, with the previously acquired Archer-class, will replace Singapore's Challenger-class submarines.[7]

Design

The customized design is oceangoing and larger than the Challenger-class and Archer-class submarines operated by the Singapore Navy.[4] The design is expected to be influenced by the export Type 214 submarine or Type 216 submarine, which has been designed for the potential needs of several other navies (Australian, Canadian and Indian).[4][8][9] Features will include AIP and a combat system designed by both Atlas Elektronik and ST Electronics.[1] The type 218 also features an "X" rudder "which offers enhanced manoeuvrability in confined littoral waters, as opposed to the Type 214's cruciform rudder arrangement."[3]

Competitors

DCNS competed to supply 3 submarines to the Singapore Navy for $1.8 billion.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Singapore Ministry of Defence Signs Contract with TKMS for two new Type 218SG submarines
  2. ↑ Coates, Peter. "Key TKMS Type 218SG details revealed after partial unveiling". Submarine Matters. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 http://www.janes.com/article/52609/tkms-starts-construction-of-singapore-s-type-218sg-submarines
  4. 1 2 3 4 Singapore’s Type-218SG – Forerunner of a new Submarine Class?
  5. ↑ http://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2015/09/key-tkms-type-218sg-details-revealed.html
  6. ↑ UPDATE 1-ThyssenKrupp wins submarine order from Singapore
  7. ↑ Singapore Contracts for 2 New German Subs
  8. ↑ Singapore: German Subs’ Strategic Value
  9. ↑ Singapore Buys New Class of German Attack Submarines
  10. ↑ S'pore to buy two brand new subs
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