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Builders: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel, Germany Rheinstahl (later Thyssen) Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany Displacement: 450 tonnes surfaced, 500 tonnes submerged Length: 48,49 meters (159 feet 1 inch) Beam: 4,58 m (15 ft) Draft: 4,3 m (14 ft 1 in) Depth: 200+ meters (test depth) Crew: 23-27 Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h) submerged, 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced Range: 4500 nautical miles (8300 km, or 5200 miles) at 6 knots (11 km/h) surfaced 228 NM (422 km) at 4 knots (7,4 km/h) submerged Propulsion: 2 x MTU 12V493 4-stroke diesel-engines (2 x 600 hp) each coupled with an Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) generator 1 x Siemens-Schuckert-Werke electric motor (1800 hp) driving a single propeller (5 blades - 206 / 7 blades - 206A) Armament: 8 x 21-inches / 533 mm torpedo tubes for DM2A1 Seeaal (206) or DM2A3 Seehecht (206A) heavy weight torpedoes up to 24 mines can be carrierd externally Systems: STN Atlas CSU 83 (DBQS-21) sonar Thomson-CSF DUUX 2 passive rangefinder sonar Safare VELOX sonar intercept EDO-900 active mine avoidance sonar Thomson-CSF Calypso II surveillance and navigation radar Thomson-CSF DR-2000U ESM system - Thorn-EMI SARIE |
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The Type 206 is a class of
diesel-electric submarines (U-boats) developed by
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW). Its design is based on the
preceding
Type 205 submarine class. These small and agile
submarines were built during the Cold War to operate in the shallow
Baltic Sea and attack Warsaw Pact shipping if the war turned hot.
The pressure hulls were built out of non-magnetic steel to counter
the threat of magnetic naval mines and make detection with MAD
sensors more difficult. The low emission profile allowed the
submarines in exercises to intrude even into well protected opposing
forces such as carrier formations with their screen. Programme: Ten Type 205 submarines were constructed between 1962 and 1968 with hulls constructed of a new non-magnetic steel. The early boats, however, suffered from cracking due to stress corrosion and an urgent programme was initiated to develop a new steel which overcame these problems, which received much publicity at the time. The new high-strength, non-magnetic, austenitic steel has greater elasticity and good dynamic strength, and has proved very satisfactory in service, thoroughly overcoming the doubts that were raised by those early problems, although it has never been selected by IKL's many export customers and thus remains unique to German Navy submarines. Subsequently, the Type 206 was designed by Ingenieur Kontor Lübeck (IKL) in 1964-65 and a production order was placed on 7 June 1969 for eight from HDW in Kiel and ten from Nordseewerke in Emden. Of the 18 submarines built for the Bundesmarine (West German Navy), 12 were modernized in the early 1990s and were re-designated as Type 206A; the others have been decommissioned. The current German Navy is starting to decommission some 206A vessels, with more of the new Type 212A submarines being commissioned. In June 2010 the Ministry of Defence announced that all six remaining vessels were to be retired from active service immediately and to be decommissioned by the end of 2010 to cut costs. There are no type 206 submarines left in active service with the German Navy. A slightly modified variant of the Type 206 (which includes the distinctive dome, or bulge, in the front of the boat), the Gal-class submarine for the Israeli Navy was built to Israeli specifications as the Vickers Type 540 in the UK rather than Germany for political reasons. Three such boats were built, the first being commissioned in 1976. When the Israeli navy received its new Dolphin-class submarines (also built by HDW), the Gals were retired. As of 2006, one had been scrapped and two had been sent to HDW in an attempt to find a buyer for them. When no buyer was found, one of the submarines was returned to Israel for display in the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum. Modernisation: A major mid-life modernisation was conducted on twelve of these submarines, the boats concerned now being officially designated Type 206A. The work started in mid-1987 and completed in February 1992, being carried out by Nordseewerke, Emden; this upgrade includes: The STN Atlas DBQS-21D sonar has been fitted, together with new periscopes, and a new weapon control system (LEWA). The ESM system has been replaced and GPS navigation installed. The rebuilt submarines are armed with new torpedoes (DM2A3 Seehecht), and the propulsion system has been comprehensively refurbished, and improvements have been made to the accommodation. Notes: The Indonesian Navy planned in 1997/98, the acquisition of five used units from the German Navy (U13, U14, U19, U20 and U21, see above), which should not be modernized to the 206A standard, but should be made suitable for the tropics. The transfer did not materialize, although names and tactical numbers have already been awarded. Their names would have been Nagarongsang, Nagabanda, Bramastra, Alugoro and Cundamanik. After its decommissioning, U21 had an ever-changing history: First it should have been sold to Indonesia as Cundamanik. These plans were abandoned and U21 would have been scrapped in Itzehoe, had HDW not taken it on for a planned company museum in Kiel. This museum did not materialise, and U21 was gifted to the city of Eckernförde and towed there. For a short time it operated as a tourist attraction/technology museum, but because of local politics it was sold for scrap and broken up. February/March 2010 the U26, U28 and U30 were towed by Polish tug Ikar to S-Gravendeel, Netherlands to be scrapped. Exports: The Colombian Navy purchased four decommissioned Type 206A submarines to boost its submarine force. Two submarines, named ARC Intrépido / SC-23 (ex-U23) and ARC Indomable / SC-24 (ex-U24) were handed over to the Colombian Navy on 28 August 2012. On 4 December 2015, Intrépido and Indomable entered active service after a lengthy refit in Germany. Two additional submarines (ex-U16 and ex-U18) were acquired to be cannibalized for spare parts. The Royal Thai Navy announced in March 2011 its intention to acquire six used boats for about 180 million Euros. However, the country's cabinet initially put the plan on hold in May 2011. Thus, there was no takeover of Type 206A class submarines by Thailand. source: wikipedia BUILDERS: Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel, Germany = U13, U15, U17, U19, U21, U25, U27, U29 Rheinstahl (later Thyssen) Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany = U14, U16, U18, U20, U22, U23, U24, U26, U28, U30 |
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