Qinchao-class submarine
Class overview Name:
Qinchao (親潮) Builders:
Soong Shipbuilding Corporation Operators:
Monsilvan Navy
TBC 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 processing systems:
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 submarine is a series of Monsilvan 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 , to provide space for a flank sonar array.
Exports
TBC
Boats
Monsilvan Navy
Name
Monsilvan
Namesake
Laid down
Launched
Commissioned
SKC Qinchao
親潮
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
鬥龍
Yin (moon) Tide
23 February 2004
6 November 2006
6 March 2008
TBC
Name
TBC
Namesake
Laid down
Launched
Commissioned
See also