HMAS Waller SSG-75

Type:
471

Class:

Collins (Class Overview)
Builder:
Australian Submarine Corporation
Osborne, South Australia
Hull Number:
SSG-75
Ordered:
May 18, 1987
Commissioned:
July 10, 1999
Keel Laid:
February 7, 1992
Decommissioned:
Launched:
March 14, 1997
Stricken:
Fate:
Active unit Royal Australian Navy
Homeport: Fleet Base West, HMAS Stirling


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
Length:
N/A
Engines:
6,000
Diameter:
N/A
Motors:
7,000 (5.4MW)
Displacement
Speed
Surfaced:
3,051
Surfaced:
20+
Submerged:
3,553
Submerged:
10+
Diving Depth:
948'
Range
Surfaced:
11,500 NM @ 10 knots
Crew:
45
Submerged:
480 NM @ 4 knots


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
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
44
Mines
*can be carrier in place of torpedoes


Notes:
The Collins Class are of Swedish design Type 471 Kockums Class.


Page revised Jan. 31, 2007