Andrasta-class submarine
Class overview | |
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Name: | Andrasta |
Active: | None |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Submarine, SSK |
Displacement: | 855 metric tonnes (Surfaced) |
Length: | 48.8 m (160 ft) |
Draught: | 6.5 m (21 ft) |
Propulsion: | Single-screw[1] diesel-electric, with batteries and AIP. |
Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) (submerged) |
Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) |
Endurance: | 5 days (submerged) |
Test depth: | >200 meters |
Complement: | 19 crew, plus 2 passengers and 6 divers |
Armament: | Six torpedo tubes, which can also fire anti-ship missiles.[2] |
Notes: | Design concept only. No vessels yet ordered. |
Andrastra is a submarine design concept announced by the French shipbuilder DCNS in 2008. A development of the Scorpène class submarine and based on the previous SMX-23 concept,[3] it is a smaller vessel optimised for shallow water operations. DCNS advertising material for the ship concept, in a PDF document with a date-time stamp of October 19, 2008, includes information and digital illustrations that reveal the torpedo tube configuration and other details.[4] The draught of the proposed submarine is apparent from the numbered depth markings shown on the hull in one of the illustrations. It is designed for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, as well as intelligence gathering and special operations.[5]
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