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Collins Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
S73 Collins	A	14th February 1990	28th August 1993	27th July 1996
S76 Dechaineux	A	19th March 1992	12th March 1998	N/A
S74 Farncomb	A	1st March 1991	15th December 1995	31st January 1998
S78 Rankin	A	12th March 1995	N/A	N/A
S77 Sheean	A	17th February 1994	N/A	N/A
S75 Waller	A	7th February 1992	14th March 1997	1999

Builders:
A : Australian Submarine Corporation, Adelaide, Australia

Dimensions:
254' x 25' 6" x 23' / 77.41m x 7.80m x 7.01m

Displacement:
3050 tons std / 3350 tons max

Complement:
42

Armament:
6 x 21" bow torpedo tubes

Up to 22 weapons can be carried either Mk48 ADCAP torpedoes or SubHarpoon SLCM. Alternatively, two mines can be carried per torpedo space.

Powerplant:
Three Hedemora Garden V18B/14 diesels producing a total of 6000bhp with three Jeumont Schneider generators and one Jeumont Schneider main motor producing 7300hp on one shaft. One MacTaggart Scott DM43006 emergency motor is also fitted.

Maximum speed is 10kts surfaced and 20kts submerged electric or 10kts snorkelling. Range is 11500NM @ 10kts surfaced or 10000NM @ 10kts snorkelling.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
Type 1007 navigation

Sonar:
Thomson Scylla passive/active bow array
Thomson Kariwara towed array

Other:
Argo AR-740 ESM

Miscellaneous:
Pilkington Optronics CK043 search and CK093 attack periscopes are fitted. Two SSDE decoy launchers are fitted.