Qinchao-class submarine
Class overview Name:
Qinchao (亲潮) Builders:
Soong Shipbuilding Corporation Operators:
Monsilvan Navy
Kivuian Navy Built:
1994–2008
In commission:
1998–present
General characteristics Type:
Attack submarine Displacement:
2,750 tonnes (surfaced)
4,000 tonnes (submerged)
Length:
81.7 m (268 ft 1 in ) Beam:
8.9 m (29 ft 2 in ) Draught:
7.4 m (24 ft 3 in ) Propulsion:
Diesel-electric
2 Soong 12V25S diesel engines
2 Soong alternators
2 Soong motors
3,400 hp (2,500 kW) surfaced
7,750 hp (5,780 kW) submerged
Speed:
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (surfaced)
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) (submerged)
Complement:
70 (10 officers) Sensors and
Sonar: hull-mounted sonar, flank arrays, 1 towed array
Radar: Soong search radar.
Armament:
6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes with 20 reloads for:
Torpedoes
Harpoon missiles
The Qinchao -class submarineMonsilvan diesel-electric attack submarines. The first boat in the class entered service with the Monsilvan Navy in the late 1990s. The submarines are larger than the earlier Hsiayan -class submarines
Exports In the early 2000s, Soong Shipbuilding Corporation exported 5 Qinchao -class submarines to Kivu on behalf of the Monsilvan Armed Forces . All five are currently commissioned in the Kivuian Navy .
Boats Monsilvan Navy
Name
Monsilvan Namesake
Laid down
Launched
Commissioned
SKC Qinchao 亲潮
Parental Tide
26 January 1994
15 October 1996
16 March 1998
SKC Hsunchao 洵潮
Whirlpool Tide
6 March 1996
26 November 1998
9 March 2000
SKC Anchao 岸潮
Shore Tide
9 March 1998
27 November 2000
14 March 2002
SKC Heichao 黑潮
Black Tide
27 March 2000
23 October 2002
8 March 2004
SKC Huachao 花潮
Flower Tide
15 January 2002
4 November 2004
9 March 2006
SKC Yinchao 斗潮
Yin (moon) Tide
23 February 2004
6 November 2006
6 March 2008
Kivuian Navy
Name
Kivuian
Namesake
Laid down
Launched
Commissioned
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See also 
Kivuian Navy
