Scorpène-class submarine
- Chilean Navy
- Malaysian Navy
- Surfaced: 1550 ts (BRA K. A. )
- Immersed: 1700 ts (BRA 2,010 ts)
- Surfaced: 12 kn (22 km / h)
- Submerged :> 20 kn (37 km / h)
- Surfaced: 6500 NM (12000 miles)
- Immersed: 550 NM ( 1020 km )
- 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes up to 18 torpedoes
- SM 39 Exocet anti-ship missiles -
The Scorpène class is a ship class of conventional diesel-electric powered submarines. The design is a common design of the French defense company DCN and the Spanish arms company Navantia. The submarines are intended exclusively for export and will not be used by the Spanish nor the French Navy.
Chile is the first user and operates two units. Malaysia has two submarines of the class ordered, that ever delivered. India plans to deploy six Scorpène boats to be built under license.
Even Venezuela showed the meantime interested in buying, but has now decided according to the latest reports for the Russian Kilo class.
Design features
The Scorpène class was developed from the Agosta class. In the design but have also been developments in contemporary French nuclear submarines, such as The steel alloy of the hull used.
The modular design provides for three types of construction. In addition to the basic concept is a larger model, which is equipped with air-independent propulsion MESMA offered. Submarines with this drive are three to four times longer than the boats of the basic variant can operate under water without the use of the snorkel. As an inexpensive alternative to the basic version is offered as a third variant, a smaller and less powerful version.
So far, only the base version was built and delivered. India plans to build three MESMA boats.
Boats of the class
Chilean Navy
On 18 December 1997, the Chilean government commissioned the construction of two submarines of the new class. The new buildings replaced the outdated boats Oberon class. The first boat was lowered into the water on 23 October 2003 and baptized on November 1 in the name of O'Higgins. Bernardo O'Higgins was a general in the Chilean War of Independence and an important forerunner of the Chilean Navy. 2004 was the second unit from the stack, was also named after a Chilean national hero of the Revolutionary War and put into service in 2006.
Malaysian Navy
On 5 June 2002 the Malaysian government announced the construction of two submarines Scorpène class in order. The units are named after the first two Prime Ministers of the country, Tunku Abdul Rahman (* 1903 † 1990) and Tun Abdul Razak ( * 1922 † 1976). Coinciding with the Malaysian construction crews are trained to use them at the expected commissioning during the year 2009 right away. Since the Malaysian Navy previously had not a single submarine, the 2005 already closed French Ouessant, the Agosta - class boat one was reactivated and leased as a training ship to Malaysia. The Tunku Abdul Rahman left on 11 June 2009 the French port of Toulon and reached 3 September 2009 the Malaysian naval base at Port Klang. The second ship, the Tun Abdul Razak is due to arrive in June 2010 in Malaysia, expected.
Indian Navy
On 7 October 2005, a contract for the construction of six submarines was signed in Delhi. The submarines are at Mazagon Dock Ltd under license as. built in Mumbai. The arms project has a value of $ 3.5 billion and would replace the outdated Indian submarines of the Soviet Foxtrot class. For the construction of the submarines, a 12-year period is provided, the last three units are to be equipped with MESMA drives. The commissioning of the first unit was scheduled for 2012, but will, according to the Indian Ministry of Defense in April 2010 by three years template: Future / delay in 2 years.
Brazilian Navy
On 23 December 2008, the Brazilian Navy has ordered four boats, the delivery is from 2016Vorlage: done tomorrow / in 2 years. On 3 September 2009, the provision of funds was approved. Delivery of boats to take place in 2017, are all U- boats, built up on the front pressure hull of boat 1, which is built at DCNS in Cherbourg, in Brazil at the Itaguai Construcoes Navais shipyard. It was founded to a joint venture by the DCNS (41%) from France and the Brazilian Odebrecht ( 59%).
In addition, a strategic defense agreement between Brazil and France have agreed to this end: France will help in building a naval base and submarine naval yard. In addition, the French support the Brazilians in the construction of a nuclear submarine, to be placed into service by 2025, but without the nuclear components that need to be developed locally due to the Nuclear Non -Proliferation Treaty.
It has not yet agreed whether the drive will be diesel-electric or air-independent propulsion Mesma is obtained.