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Type 214 attack submarine
Class Overview
Class TypeAttack Submarine
Class NameType 214
Preceded ByType 212 submarine
Succeeded By'
Ships of the Class:Papanikolis, Pipinos, Matrozos, Katsonis, Son Won-il
The Type 214 is a diesel-electric submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW). It is based on Type 209 design with features from Type 212.

Contract to build three boats for Hellenic Navy was signed 15 February 2000 and a fourth one was ordered in June 2002. The first boat was built at HDW in Kiel, Germany and the rest at the Hellenic Shipyards Co. in Skaramangas, Greece.

South Korea has ordered three Type 214 boats, to be built in Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, which will enter service from 2009. *

Ships


Country Pennant Name Laid down Launched Commissioned
Greece S 120 Papanikolis 27 February 2001 April 2004 October 2005
Greece S 121 Pipinos February 2003 November 2006 July 2008
Greece S 122 Matrozos February 2004 November 2007 July 2009
Greece S 123 Katsonis 2005 2007 July 2010
South Korea Son Won-Il June 2006
South Korea 2009
South Korea 2009

General Characteristics


  • Displacement: 1700 t surfaced / 1980 t submerged(GR) / 1860 t submerged(SK)
  • Dimensions: length 65 m / beam 6.3 m / draft 6 m
  • Armament: 8 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • Diesel engines: 2 MTU 16V 396 (6.24 MW)(GR) / 1 MTU 16V 396 (3.12 MW)(SK)
  • AIP system: 2 HDW PEM fuel cells (240 kW)(GR) / 9 HDW PEM fuel cells (306 kW)(SK)
  • Electric motor: 1 Siemens Permasyn (2.85 MW)
  • Speed: 12 kt surfaced / 20 kt submerged
  • Speed on fuel cells: 2-6 kt
  • Range surfaced: 12000 miles
  • Range submerged: 420 nm @ 8 kt
  • Range on fuel cells: 1248 nm @ 4 kt
  • Operating depth: 400 m
  • Complement: 5 officers + 22 crew

Submarine classes | Submarines of Germany | Military equipment of South Korea

U-Boot-Klasse 214 | 214型潜水艦 | 214급 잠수함

 

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