The Type 032 submarine (
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...
: Qing-class) is a class of diesel-electric submarine currently undergoing testing in China's
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army.
The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...
. It is said to be the world's largest conventional submarine, at a submerged displacement of 6,628 tonnes and is able to submerge for a maximum of 30 days.
Design
The Type 032 has a similar ventral "bay" to the
Golf-class submarine
Project 629 (Russian: проект–629, ''Projekt-629''), also known by the NATO reporting name Golf, was a class of diesel-electric ballistic missile submarines that served in the Soviet Navy. All boats of this class had left Soviet service ...
that protrudes downward. The project for this double hulled submarine begun in January 2005, and construction begun at
Wuhan
Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...
Shipyard in 2008. The submarine was launched on September 10, 2010, and sea trials were completed in September 2012. The submarine entered service on October 12, 2012 with pennant number 201.
The submarine is a testbed for new technologies such as combustion powered torpedoes, compartments for special forces, underwater unmanned vehicles,
new SLBMs,
new cruise missiles,
new anti ship missiles, new SAMs, and a new escape pod which are applied to the
Type 095 and
Type 096 submarines.
Specifications are as follows:
*Length (m): 92.6
*Beam (m): 10
*Height (m): 17.2
*Draft (m): 6.85
*Surfaced displacement (t): 3797
*Submerged displacement (t): 6628
*Operating depth (m): 160
*Max depth (m): 200
*Surface speed (kt): 10
*Submerged speed (kt): 14
*Complement: 88 crew and around 100 scientists and researchers
*Endurance (day): 30 for 88 complement, 5 for 130 complement, and 3 for 200 complement
*Torpedo: two torpedo tubes (TT) in the bow, with one 650 mm TT on starboard side and one 533 mm TT on port side
*Missile: two
vertical launching system
A vertical launching system (VLS) is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines. Each vertical launch system consists of a number of ''cells'', which can hold one or mor ...
(VLS) tubes for submarine launched ballistic missiles in the conning tower, four VLS tubes for cruise/ASW/AShM missiles in the forward section.
Type 032 Tactical missile VLS
, tuku.military.china.com
*Design: double-hull
See also
* Type 031 submarine
References
External links
Type 032 submarine
(globalsecurity.org)
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Submarine classes
Submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy
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