SWORDSMAN submarines (1987-1988/2005)

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Swordsman (ex-Västergötland)		589/413	Kockums, Malmö, Sweden + Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden	10.1.1983	17.9.1986	27.11.1987 // 31.12.2005	in service (2019)
Archer (ex-Hälsingland)		590/414	Kockums, Malmö, Sweden + Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden	1.1.1984	31.8.1987	20.10.1988 // 31.12.2005	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	1500 / 1600
Length, m	60.5
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	5.60
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 Hedemora V12A/15-Ub diesel-generators / 2 Stirling V4-275R Mk II AIP generators, 1 ASEA electric motor
Power, h. p.	2160 / 200 / 1800
Max speed, kts	11 / 20
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	6 - 533 TT (bow, 12 Black Shark), 3 - 400 TT (bow, 6 Tp 431 or Tp 451), 22 mines
Electronic equipment	Terma radar, CSU-83 sonar suite (DBQS-21, FAS-3-1, towed array), Subac sonar, CS-3701 ECM suite, SUBTICS CCS
Complement	28
Diving depth operational, m	300

Standard scale images

Swordsman 2015

Project history

Former Swedish Type A 17 attack submarines.All TT are bow-mounted, with the six 533mm tubes above the three 400mm tubes. Can carry up to 22 mines in externally-mounted containers. Plans to equip these boats with four SSM vertical launch rubes in the sail have been abandoned. Anechoic hull coating. Purchased from Sweden just after decommissioned but commissioned by Singaporean Navy in 16.6.2009 (Archer) and 20.10.2010 (Swordsman) after refit and modernization included installing AIP system in the additional 12m hull section, installing of new Subac sonar and replacing an CCS by new. Both submarines arrived to Singapore 17.8.2011.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service