Viking class submarine
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| Shipbuilder: | Viking Submarine Corporation |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Length: | 52-60 m |
| Beam: | 6.7 m |
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| Displacement: | 1100-1700 tonnes |
| Propulsion: | Stirling Air-independent propulsion (AIP) |
| Complement: | 22-28 men |
| Armament: | Multi-purpose homing torpedoes Cruise missiles ASW torpedoes Mines and countermeasures |
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| Speed: | Surfaced: 11 knots (about 20 km/h) Submerged: 23 knots (about 42 km/h) |
| Endurance: | Can stay submerged up to 100% of mission time |
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The Viking class submarine was a future submarine class which was planned to be built by the Viking Submarine Corporation. Viking was a corporation jointly established by Kockums in Sweden, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace in Norway and Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark. Finland was an observer of the Viking and for an eventual future order of additional Viking submarines.
It was initially planned that the Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian Navies would purchase 2, 4, and 4 Viking-class submarines each starting in 2005. However, when the Danish Navy announced that they would stop using submarines completely in the summer of 2004, the whole Viking project died out. Currently Kockums is doing low-intensive continuous research, based on the Viking design.
[edit] External links
- Official site (Kockums)
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