Tuesday, November 17, 2009

HMS Gotland Sweden




The Gotland class attack submarines of the Swedish Navy are modern diesel-electric submarines. They are the first submarines in the world to feature a Stirling engine air-independent propulsion (AIP) system, which extends their underwater endurance from a few days to two weeks.[1] This capability has previously only been available with nuclear powered submarines.

General characteristics
Displacement: 1494 tonnes (Surfaced)
1599 tonnes (Submerged)
Length: 60.4m
Beam: 6.2m
Draft: 5.6m
Propulsion: 2 × Diesel-electric MTU engines
2 × Kockums v4-275R Sterling AIP units
Speed: 11 knots surfaced
20 knots Submerged
Complement: 18 Officers
6 Conscripts
Sensors and
processing systems: CSU 90-2 Integrated sonar sensor suite
Armament: 4 × 533mm

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