Main: 1 × Jeumont-Schneider DC motor (7,200 shp), driving 1 × seven-bladed, 4.22 m (13.8 ft) diameter skewback propeller
Emergency: 1 × MacTaggart Scott DM 43006 retractable hydraulic motor
Speed
10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) (surfaced and snorkel depth)
21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (submerged)
Range
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (snorkel)
32.6 nautical miles (60.4 km; 37.5 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (submerged)
480 nautical miles (890 km; 550 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (submerged)
Endurance
70 days
Test depth
Over 180 m (590 ft) (actual depth classified)
Complement
Originally 42 (plus up to 12 trainees)
Increased to 58 in 2009
Sensors and processing systems
Radar:
GEC-Marconi Type 1007 surface search radar
Sonar:
Thales Scylla bow and distributed sonar arrays
Thales Karriwarra or Namara towed sonar array
ArgoPhoenix AR-740-US intercept array
Combat system:
Modified Raytheon CCS Mk2
Armament
6 × 21-inch (530 mm) bow torpedo tubes
Payload: 22 torpedoes, mix of:
Mark 48 Mod 7 CBASS torpedoes
UGM-84C Sub-Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Or: 44 Stonefish Mark III mines
Notes
The sonars and combat system are in the process of being updated across the class, to be completed by 2010. These characteristics represent the updated equipment.
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