S-197 U18

Country:  Germany

Class, [Type]: Type 206A, [SSK].

Builder: Rheinstahl Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany.

Launch date: 31 October 1972.

Commission date: 19 December 1973.

Decommission date: 31 August 2010.

Displacement ( tons ): 450 surfaced, 498 submerged.

Dimensions ( metres ): 48,6 x 4,6 x 4,5

Main machinery: diesel-electric: 2 x MTU 12V 493 AZ80 GA 31L ( 1.200 hp ), 1 x Siemens ( 1.800 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 10 surfaced, 17 submerged.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 5 knots surfaced.

Complement: 22 ( 4 officers ).

Torpedoes: 8 x 533mm. tubes. 8 x DM-2A3 Seehecht torpedoes.

Mines: Can carry up to 16 if the torpedo load is removed. It can also carry two external containers, each able to store 12 mines, and leave the internal mine/torpedo load intact.

Radar: Surface: Thomson-CSF Calypso II, I band.

Sonar: Thomson Sintra DUUX 22, Atlas ElektroniK DBQS-21D.

Countermeasures: ESM: Thompson-CSF DR2000U with a Thorn-EMI SARIE-2.

Callsign: DRDL ()

Homeport: Eckenförde.

Unit: 3rd Submarine Squadron.

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