NAVYPEDIA

Photo

Simpson 2007

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Thomson	20		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	1.11.1980	28.10.1982	31.8.1984	in service (2019)
Simpson	21		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	15.2.1981	29.7.1983	18.9.1984	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1158
Displacement normal, t	1260 / 1390
Length, m	59.5
Breadth, m	6.20 hull 7.60 over stern planes
Draught, m	5.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	4 MTU 12V493 TY60 diesel-generators, 1 Siemens electric motor
Power, h. p.	2450 / 4600
Max speed, kts	11 / 22
Fuel, t	diesel oil 116
Endurance, nm(kts)	8200(8) (snorkel) / 400(4)
Armament	8 - 533 TT (bow, 16 SUT)
Electronic equipment	Calypso II radar, CSU-3 sonar suite, PRS-3/15 sonar, DR-2000U ECM suite
Complement	32
Diving depth operational, m	250

Standard scale images

Graphics

Project history

Two submarines ordered in 1980 from the HDW yard at Kiel to the enlarged and improved Type 209 design, Type 209/1400. Two more were projected in 1988, but the plans were dropped. Have sail and masting 0.5m higher than the other ships of this class to cope with wave size off Chilean coasts.

Modernizations

1991-1992, both: + Sinbad CCS

2012, Simpson; 2013, Thomson: - 8 - 533 TT (bow, 16 SUT), CSU-3 sonar suite, Sinbad CCS; + 8 - 533 TT (bow, 16 (inc. SM39 Exocet SSM (4 SM39)) A-184 Black Shark, SUT), SUBTICS sonar suite (TSM2233 Mk 2, TSM2253 sonars), SUBTICS CCS

Naval service

Simpson was badly damaged, running ashore by tsunami off Talcahuano 27.2.2010.