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HMAS Rankin SSG-78 |
Type: |
471 |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Australian Submarine Corporation Osborne, South Australia |
Pennant Number: |
SSG-78 |
Ordered: |
May 18, 1987 |
Launched: |
November 7, 2001 |
Keel Laid: |
May 12, 1995 |
Commissioned: |
March 29, 2003 |
Decommissioned: |
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Fate: |
Active in commission as of 2015. |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance (General for class) |
Length: |
255' 2" |
Engines: |
3 Garden-Island Hedemora VB 210 18 cylinder diesel |
Beam: |
25' 7" |
Motors: |
1 Jeumont Schneider 1 Mactaggart Scott dm 43006 hydraulic |
Draft: |
23' |
Shafts: |
1 |
Pressure Hull |
Horsepower |
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Length: |
N/A |
Engines: |
6,000 |
Diameter: |
N/A |
Motors: |
7,000 (5.4MW) |
Displacement |
Speed |
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Surfaced: |
3,051 |
Surfaced: |
20+ |
Submerged: |
3,553 |
Submerged: |
10+ |
Diving Depth: |
948' |
Range
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Surfaced: |
11,500 NM @ 10 knots |
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Crew: |
45 |
Submerged: |
480 NM @ 4 knots |
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Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
6 |
21" (533mm) torpedo tubes |
all forward |
Gould Mk 48 torpedoes 23.75 miles @ 60 knots |
23 |
Harpoon Missiles SSM |
86 NM / 530 MPH |
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44 |
Mines |
*can be carrier in place of torpedoes |
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Notes: |
The Collins Class are of Swedish design Type 471 Kockums Class. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 31, 2007 |
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