| Type 212 submarine in dock at HDW/Kiel | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: |  German Navy Marina Militare |
| Preceded by: | Type 206 submarine, Sauro class submarine |
| In service: | 2005 |
| In commission: | 2002 |
| Completed: | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,450 tonnes (1,430 long tons) surfaced 1,830 tonnes (1,800 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 56 m (183.7 ft) 57.2 m (187.66 ft) (2nd batch) |
| Beam: | 7 m (22.96 ft) |
| Draft: | 6 m (19.68 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 1 MTU 16V 396 diesel-engine[1] 9 HDW/Siemens PEM fuel cells, 30–40 kW each (U31) 2 HDW/Siemens PEM fuel cells each with 120 kW (U32, U33, U34)[citation needed] 1 Siemens Permasyn electric motor 1700 kW, driving a single seven-bladed skewback propeller |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) submerged, 12 knots surfaced[2] |
| Range: | 8,000 nm (14,800 km, or 9,196 miles) at 8 knots (15 km/h) surfaced 3 weeks without snorkeling, 12 weeks overall |
| Test depth: | over 700 m (2,296 ft)[3] |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 22 men |
| Armament: | 6 x 533 mm torpedo tubes (in 2 forward pointing groups of 3) with 13[4] DM2A4, A184 Mod.3, Black Shark Torpedo, IDAS missiles and 24 external naval mines (optional) |