The Type 032 submarine (
NATO reporting name: Qing-class) is a class of diesel-electric submarine currently undergoing testing in China's
People's Liberation Army Navy. It is said to be the world's largest conventional submarine, at a submerged displacement of 6,628 tonnes and is able to submerge for a maximum of 30 days.
Design
The Type 032 has a similar ventral "bay" to the
Golf-class submarine
Project 629 ( Russian: проект–629, ''Projekt-629''), also known by the NATO reporting name Golf, was a class of diesel-electric ballistic missile submarines that served in the Soviet Navy. All boats of this class had left Soviet servi ...
that protrudes downward. The project for this double hulled submarine begun in January 2005, and construction begun at
Wuhan
Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei Province in the People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the ninth-most populous Chinese city a ...
Shipyard in 2008. The submarine was launched on September 10, 2010, and sea trials were completed in September 2012. The submarine entered service on October 12, 2012 with pennant number 201.
The submarine is a testbed for new technologies such as combustion powered torpedoes, compartments for special forces, underwater unmanned vehicles,
new SLBMs,
new cruise missiles,
new anti ship missiles, new SAMs, and a new escape pod which are applied to the
Type 095
The Type 095 (Chinese designation: 09- V) is a class of planned third generation nuclear-powered attack submarines for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. It is anticipated that the Type 095 submarine will have a substantially red ...
and
Type 096 submarines.
Specifications are as follows:
*Length (m): 92.6
*Beam (m): 10
*Height (m): 17.2
*Draft (m): 6.85
*Surfaced displacement (t): 3797
*Submerged displacement (t): 6628
*Operating depth (m): 160
*Max depth (m): 200
*Surface speed (kt): 10
*Submerged speed (kt): 14
*Complement: 88 crew and around 100 scientists and researchers
*Endurance (day): 30 for 88 complement, 5 for 130 complement, and 3 for 200 complement
*Torpedo: two torpedo tubes (TT) in the bow, with one 650 mm TT on starboard side and one 533 mm TT on port side
*Missile: two
vertical launching system
A vertical launching system (VLS) is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines. Each vertical launch system consists of a number of ''cells'', which can hold one or mo ...
(VLS) tubes for submarine launched ballistic missiles in the conning tower, four VLS tubes for cruise/ASW/AShM missiles in the forward section.
Type 032 Tactical missile VLS
, tuku.military.china.com
*Design: double-hull
See also
* Type 031 submarine
References
External links
Type 032 submarine
(globalsecurity.org)
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Submarine classes
Submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Ballistic missile submarines
Experimental submarines