Sunday 4 August 2013

TOP 10 SUBMARINES IN THE WORLD

INTRODUCTION -

submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term most commonly refers to a large, crewed, autonomous vessel. It is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, as well as medium-sized or smaller vessels, such as the midget submarine and the wet sub.
Most large submarines consist of a cylindrical body with hemispherical (and/or conical) ends and a vertical structure, usually located amidships, which houses communications and sensing devices as well as periscopes. In modern submarines, this structure is the "sail" in American usage, and "fin" in European usage. A "conning tower" was a feature of earlier designs: a separate pressure hull above the main body of the boat that allowed the use of shorter periscopes. There is a propeller (or pump jet) at the rear, and various hydrodynamic control fins as well as ballast tanks. Smaller, deep diving and specialty submarines may deviate significantly from this traditional layout.

 LET's MOVE TO THE LIST NOW :-

10) GEORGE WASHINGTON CLASS :-


Succeeded by:Ethan Allen
Built:1958–1961
In commission:1959–1985
Completed:5
Retired:5
General characteristics
Type:SSBN
Displacement:5,400 tons light
5,959–6,019 tons surfaced
6,709–6,888 Approx. tons submerged
Length:381.6 ft (116.3 m)
Beam:33 ft (10 m)
Draft:29 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion:1 S5W PWR
2 geared turbines at 15,000shp
1 Screw
Speed:20 knots (37 km/h) surfaced
+25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
Range:unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth:700 ft (210 m)
Capacity:112 (Crew Only)
Complement:Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers and 100 men.
Armament:16 Polaris A1/A3 missiles
6 × 21 inches (530 mm) torpedotubes

9) GERMAN TYPE U31 :-



Builders:Germaniawerft, Kiel
Operators:Kaiserliche Marine
Preceded by:Type U 27
Succeeded by:Type U 43
In commission:3 September 1914
Completed:11
Lost:7
General characteristics
Displacement:685 tonnes (674 long tons) (surfaced)
878 tonnes (864 long tons) (submerged)
971 tons (total)
Length:64.4 m (211 ft) (overall)
52.36 m (pressure hull)
Beam:6.32 m (20.7 ft) (overall)
4.05 m (pressure hull)
Draught:3.56 m (11.7 ft)
Propulsion:1,850 hp (1,380 kW) (surfaced)
880 kilowatts (1,180 hp) (submerged)
Speed:16.7 knots (30.9 km/h; 19.2 mph) (surfaced)
9.8 knots (18.1 km/h; 11.3 mph) (submerged)
Range:8,790 nautical miles (16,280 km; 10,120 mi) @ 8 kn (surfaced) 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) @ 5 kn(submerged)
Complement:35 men
Armament:four 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern, 6 torpedoes
one or two 7.5 cm (3.0 in) – 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) deck guns

8) TYPHOON CLASS SUBMARINE :-




Name:Akula (Акула) (NATO: Typhoon)
Builders:Rubin Design Bureau
Operators: Soviet Navy
 Russian Navy
Preceded by:Delta class submarine
Succeeded by:Borei class submarine
In commission:December 12, 1981
Planned:8 (2 later cancelled)
Completed:6
Retired:3
General characteristics
Type:Ballistic missile submarine
Displacement:23,200–24,500 t (22,830–24,110 long tons) surfaced
33,800–48,000 t (33,270–47,240 long tons) submerged
Length:175 m (574 ft 2 in)
Beam:23 m (75 ft 6 in)
Draught:12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Propulsion:2 × OK-650 pressurized-water nuclear reactors, 190 MW (254,800 hp) each
2 × VV-type steam turbines, 37 MW (49,600 hp) each
2 shafts with 7-bladed shrouded screws
Speed:22.22 knots (41.15 km/h; 25.57 mph) surfaced
27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) submerged
Endurance:120 days submerged
Test depth:400 m (1,300 ft)
Complement:160
Armament:1 × 9K38 Igla SAM
2 × 658 mm (26 in) torpedo tubes
• RPK-7 Vodopad AShMs
• Type 65K torpedoes
4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
• RPK-2 Viyuga cruise missiles
• Type 53 torpedoes
D-19 launch system
• 20 × RSM-52 SLBMs
Notes:Ships in class include: TK-208,TK-202 TK-12, TK-13 TK-17, TK-20,TK-210

7) I- 400 CLASS SUBMARINE :-




Operators:Imperial Japanese Navy
Cost:28,861,000 JPY in 1942
Built:January 18, 1943 to July 24, 1945
In commission:1944–45
Planned:18
Completed:3
Cancelled:15
Active:0
Lost:3
Retired:0
Preserved:0
General characteristics
Displacement:6,560 long tons (6,670 t)
Length:122 m (400 ft)
Beam:12.0 m (39.4 ft)
Draft:7.0 m (23.0 ft)
Propulsion:4 diesels: 1,680 kW (2,250 hp) each, surface
2 electric motors: 1,600 kW (2,100 hp) each, submerged
Speed:18.7 kn (34.6 km/h), surfaced
12 kn (22 km/h), submerged
Test depth:100 m (330 ft)
Complement:144 officers and men
Armament:• 3 Aichi M6A1 Seiran sea-planes
• 8 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes
• 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun
• 3 × 25 mm 3-barrel machine gun
• 1 × 25 mm machine gun

6) X-CRAFT SUBMARINE :-




Name:X class
Operators:Royal Navy
Preceded by:V class
Succeeded by:XE class
Subclasses:X3, X4, X5-10, X20-25, XT
Completed:20
Lost:7 (5 scuttled, 1 foundered, 1 collision)
Preserved:1
General characteristics (X class)
Type:midget submarine
Displacement:27 tons surfaced
30 tons submerged
Length:51.25 ft (15.62 m)
Beam:5.75 ft (1.75 m)
Draught:5.3 ft (1.60 m)
Propulsion:Single shaft; 1 x Gardner 4LW 4-cyl diesel engine, 42 hp (31.3 kW) at 1,800rpm
1 x Keith Blackman electric motor, 30 hp (22.3 kW) at 1,650 rpm
Speed:
6.5 knots (12.0 km/h) surfaced
5.5 knots (10.2 km/h) submerged
Range:500 nmi (926 km) surfaced
82 nmi (151.8 km) @2 knots (2 mph; 4 km/h) submerged
Test depth:300 ft (91.5 m)
Complement:4
Armament:2 x 4,400 lb detachable amatol charges

5) USS NAUTILUS SSN-571 :-





Name:USS Nautilus
Operator:United States Navy
Awarded:2 August 1951
Builder:General Dynamics
Laid down:14 June 1952
Launched:21 January 1954
Sponsored by:Mamie Eisenhower
Completed:22 April 1955
Commissioned:30 September 1954
Decommissioned:3 March 1980
Struck:3 March 1980
Status:Museum ship
General characteristics
Displacement:3,533 tons surface, 4,092 tons submerged
Length:320 ft (98 m)
Beam:28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft:26 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power:13,400 hp (10.0 MW)
Propulsion:STR nuclear reactor (later redesignated S2W)
Speed:23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement:13 officers, 92 enlisted
Armament:6 torpedo tubes
Nautilus (Nuclear Submarine)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

4) BRITISH T-CLASS SUBMARINE :-




Name:T-class submarine
Preceded by:Grampus class
Succeeded by:U class
Completed:53
General characteristics
Type:Submarine
Displacement:1,290 tons surfaced
1,560 tons submerged
Length:276 ft 6 in (84.28 m)
Beam:25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught:12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward
14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft
Propulsion:Two shafts
Twin diesel engines, 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each
Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each
Speed:15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced
9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range:8,000 nmi (9,200 mi; 15,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced with 131 tons of fuel
Complement:48
Armament:6 bow torpedo tubes
4 external torpedo tubes
16 torpedoes
QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun

3) GATO-CLASS SUBMARINE :-




Builders:Electric Boat Company, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Operators:United States Navy
Preceded by:Tambor class
Succeeded by:Balao class
Cost:$2.85 million (1940)
Built:1940–1944
In commission:1943–1969
Completed:77
Active:0
Lost:20
Retired:57
Preserved:6
General characteristics
Type:Diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced
2,424 tons (2463 t) submerged
Length:311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) – 311 ft 10 in (95.05 m)
Beam:27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft:17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion:
4 × diesel engines driving electrical generators (Fairbanks-Morse, General Motors, or Hooven-Owens-Rentschler) 
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
4 × high-speed electric motors with reduction gears (Elliott Company,General Electric, or Allis-Chalmers)
two propellors
5,400 shp (4,000 kW) surfaced
2,740 shp (2,040 kW) submerged
Speed:21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced
9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range:11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged
75 days on patrol
Test depth:300 ft (90 m)
Complement:6 officers, 54 enlisted men
Armament:10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
 (six forward, four aft)
 24 torpedoes
1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun
Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mmcannon

2) SEAWOLF -CLASS SUBMARINE :-




Builders:General Dynamics Electric Boat
Operators: United States Navy
Preceded by:Los Angeles-class submarine
Succeeded by:Virginia-class submarine
Built:1989–2005
In commission:1997–present
Planned:29
Completed:3
Cancelled:26
Active:3
General characteristics
Displacement:
Surfaced: 8,600 tons
Submerged: 9,138 tons
Length:353 ft (107 m)
Beam:40 ft (12 m)
Propulsion:1 S6W PWR 45,000 hp
1 secondary propulsion submerged motor
1 shaft
1 propeller
Speed:
Surfaced: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Submerged: 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range:unlimited except by food supplies
Test depth:2,000 ft (610 m)
Complement:140
Crew:14 officers; 126 enlisted
Armament:8 × 660mm torpedo tubes (50 Tomahawk cruise missile/Harpoon/Mk-48 torpedo)

1) GERMAN TYPE VII - SUBMARINE :-




Name:Type VII
Builders:Neptun Werft, Rostock
Deschimag, Bremen
Germaniawerft, Kiel
Flender Werke, Lübeck
Danziger Werft, Danzig
Blohm + Voss, Hamburg
Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven
Nordseewerke, Emden
F. Schichau, Bremerhaven,
Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel
Operators:Kriegsmarine
Soviet Navy
Royal Norwegian Navy
Royal Navy
French Navy
Spanish Navy
In commission:1936–1970 (G-7)
Completed:703
General characteristics (Type VIIC)
Displacement:
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced
871 t (857 long tons) submerged
Length:67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a
50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull
Beam:6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a
4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull
Height:9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draft:4.74 m (15 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels totalling 2,800–3,200 hp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490
Speed:17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced
7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged
Range:15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced
150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged
Test depth:230 m (750 ft)
Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft)
Complement:44-52 officers & ratings
Armament:• 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern)
• 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA or 39 TMB mines
• 1 × 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun with 220 rounds
• Various antiaircraft weaponry (see main article)

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