HMAS Collins (SSG 73)
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 HMAS Collins at the Australian Submarine Corporation in Adelaide |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Laid down: | 14 February 1990 |
| Launched: | 28 August 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 27 July 1996 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| Motto: | "Vanguard" |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced: 3,051 tonnes Submerged: 3,353 tonnes |
| Length: | 77.8 metres |
| Beam: | 7.8 metres |
| Draught: | 6.8 metres |
| Propulsion: |
1 × Jeumont Schneider main motor |
| Speed: | Surfaced: 10+ knots (18.5 km/h) Submerged: 20+ knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 11,500 nautical miles (21,300 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 9000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) snorting 400 nautical miles (700 km) at 4 knots (7 km/h) dived |
| Complement: | 45 (8 Officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Thales underwater systems scylla bow sonar Thales Underwater Systems GEC-Marconi Kariwara, Thomson Marconi Narama towed array or Allied Signal TB 23 Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar Thales optronics CK043 search and CH093 attack periscopes Anechoic tiles fitted |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Edo ES-5600 ESM, Argo AR-740 Strachan and Henshaw SSDE |
| Armament: | Boeing/Rockwell integrated system McDonnell Douglas UGM-84 Harpoon 6 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes for sub harpoon and Gould Mark 48 torpedo - total of 22 carried 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes Fitted for but not with Land Attack Cruise missiles with combat system AN/BYG 1 US Mk 48 ADCAP Combat System AN/BYG 1 based on Raytheon's CCS Mk 2 |
HMAS Collins (SSG 73), named for Vice Admiral Sir John Collins (1899-1989), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 14 February 1990, launched on 28 August 1993 and commissioned on 27 July 1996. Jane's Fighting Ships states that the Collins has been modified to support special forces operations.
[edit] References
- Welcome Aboard - HMAS Collins. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved on 24 December, 2006.
[edit] Links
- Tour of HMAS Collins by IGN Australia. IGN. Retrieved on 11 May, 2007.
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