Type 212CD Attack Submarine SSK German Navy Deutsche Marine

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Type 212CD class Attack Submarine

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Units:

UNIT	laid down	launched	commissioned	STATUS
S 187 FGS U37	?	?	2031 ?	contract
S 188 FGS U38	?	?	2034 ?	contract
S 189 FGS U39				contract
S 190 FGS U40				contract
S 191 FGS U41				contract
S 192 FGS U42				contract
up to 3 additional units				expected

Specifications:

Builder: ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), Kiel, Germany

Displacement: 2,500 t (2,500 long tons),surfaced / 2,800 t (2,800 long tons) submerged
Length: 73 meters (239 feet 6 inches)
Beam: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft: 7 m (23 ft)
Speed: > 20 knots (37 km/h) submerged
Range: ?
Endurance: 41 days
Crew: ?

Propulsion:
2 x MTU 4000 diesel engines
HDW AIP PEM fuel cells
1 x electric motor driving a single propeller

Armament:
4 x 21-inches / 533 mm torpedo tubes
for
CHWT -Common Heavy Weight Torpedo (a successor to the DM2A4 Hake heavy torpedo)
IDAS (Interactive Defence and Attack System for Submarines) missiles
possibly: Submarine-launched Naval Strike Missile (NSM-SL)
Seaspider anti-torpedo torpedo

Systems:
KTA ORCCA Combat System (KTA - consortium Kongsberg, TKMS, Atlas Elektronik)
Hensoldt OMS 150 and OMS 300 optronics masts
Hensoldt i360°OS panoramic surveillance system
Combat sonar suite: not defined yet
Kongsberg SA9510S MkII mine avoidance and navigation sonar
EM2040 Mil and EA640 echosounders

The Type 212CD class (for Common Design) is a submarine class developed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the Norwegian and German navies.

The submarines will be based on, but nearly twice the size of the current Type 212A class and features a new stealth design - the hull will be diamond-shaped to deflect emissions by the active sonars common on modern anti-submarine warfare (ASW) ships.

A €5.5 billion contract for development and procurement of the six submarines was placed with TKMS on 8 July 2021 after the German and Norwegian governments reached an agreement in principle in March. This followed an extensive period of negotiation between industry and the two governments which took place after Norway had, in 2017, decided on an extensive naval partnership with Germany and TKMS for their Ula-class replacement project. The Ula-class submarines were also built by TKMS/HDW.

In Kiel, a German-Norwegian Building Program Office (BPO) is to be set up and tasked with representing the two states in matters of design, construction and acceptance. Management will alternate between a German and Norwegian representative, with a third of the staff being Norwegian.

Afterwards, a Lifetime Management Program Office (LMPO) is to be established in Haakonsvern Naval Base. Management will also alternate, with a third of the staff being German. The office is to handle questions concerning maintenance and repairs of the submarines. Norway will establish maintenance facilities for both countries submarines. Construction of the first submarine started in September 2023.

According to the Norwegian Armed Forces Long-Term Plan adopted by the Norwegian Parliament on June 4, 2024, Norway will purchase two more submarines in addition to the four submarines already ordered from Germany.

Norwegian and German U212CD (Common Design) submarines are to be based together in Southern Norway. A Norwegian Ministry of Defence official told Janes on 7 June 2024 that a new base for the U212CD, including infrastructure, would be built at Haakonsvern, where Norway's current Ula-class submarines are already based. The new infrastructure will include pier, maintenance, and test facilities for the U212CD.

sources: wikipedia, TKMS

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