S-181 U31

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 212A, [SSK].

Builder: Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden + Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany.

Launch date: 20 March 2002.

Commission date: 19 October 2005.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.360 standard, 1.450 surfaced, 1.840 submerged.

Dimensions ( metres ): 56 x 7 x 6

Main machinery: diesel-electric: includes 9 x Siemens Polymer Electrolytic Membrane fuel cells (34 kw each) for air-independent cruising, 1 x MTU 16V 396 diesel generator set, 1 x Siemens Permasyn motor.

Speed ( knots ): 12 surfaced, 20 submerged, 6-8 running on fuel cells.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 8 knots surfaced, 420 at 8 knots submerged.

Complement: 23 - 27 (5 officers).

Torpedoes: 6 x 533mm tubes. 12 x WASS A-184 Mod.3 / DM2A4 Seehecht torpedoes.

Mines: Capable of deploying up to 24 mines.

Radar: Navigation/Surface Search: 1 x Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007, I band.

Sonar: STN Atlas Elektronik DBQS-40 suite: FAS 3 (flank array), TAS-3 (towed linear passive hydrophone array), MOA 3070 mine detection sonar.

Countermeasures: Decoys: torpedo decoy system Tau; EW: EADS FL-1800U (intercept).

Callsign: DRDA ()

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