TYPE 212 SUBMRINE (U-BOAT)

Operators: German Navy
Marina Militare
Preceded by: Type 206 submarine, Sauro class submarine
In service: 2005
In commission: 2002
Completed: 6
General characteristics
Displacement: 1'450 tons surfaced
1'830 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 120 kW (U32, U33, U34)
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 12 DM2A4, A184 Mod.3, BlackShark torpedoes, IDAS missiles and 24 external naval mines (optional)