HMAS Waller entering Pearl Harbor in 2008
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History |
Australia |
Name | Waller |
Namesake | Captain Hector Waller |
Builder | Australian Submarine Corporation, Osborne |
Laid down | 19 March 1992 |
Launched | 14 March 1997 |
Commissioned | 10 July 1999 |
Homeport | Fleet Base West, Perth |
Motto | "Tenacity" |
Status | Active as of 2016 |
Badge | |
General characteristics |
Class and type | Collins-class submarine |
Displacement |
- 3,051 tonnes (surfaced)
- 3,353 tonnes (submerged)
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Length | 77.42 m (254.0 ft) |
Beam | 7.8 m (26 ft) |
Draught | 7 m (23 ft) at waterline |
Installed power | 3 × Garden Island-Hedemora HV V18b/15Ub (VB210) 18-cylinder diesel motors, 3 × Jeumont-Schneider generators (1,400 kW, 440-volt DC) |
Propulsion |
- Main: 1 × Jeumont-Schneider DC motor (7,200 shp), driving 1 × seven-bladed, 4.22 m (13.8 ft) diameter skewback propeller
- Emergency: 1 × MacTaggart Scott DM 43006 retractable hydraulic motor
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Speed |
- 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) (surfaced and snorkel depth)
- 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (submerged)
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Range |
- 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced)
- 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (snorkel)
- 32.6 nautical miles (60.4 km; 37.5 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (submerged)
- 480 nautical miles (890 km; 550 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (submerged)
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Endurance | 70 days |
Test depth | Over 180 m (590 ft) (actual depth classified) |
Complement |
- Originally 42 (plus up to 12 trainees)
- Increased to 58 in 2009
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Sensors and processing systems |
- Radar:
- GEC-Marconi Type 1007 surface search radar
- Sonar:
- Thales Scylla bow and distributed sonar arrays
- Thales Karriwarra or Namara towed sonar array
- ArgoPhoenix AR-740-US intercept array
- Combat system:
- Modified Raytheon CCS Mk2
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Armament |
- 6 × 21-inch (530 mm) bow torpedo tubes
- Payload: 22 torpedoes, mix of:
- Mark 48 Mod 7 CBASS torpedoes
- UGM-84C Sub-Harpoon anti-ship missiles
- Or: 44 Stonefish Mark III mines
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Notes | The sonars and combat system are in the process of being updated across the class, to be completed by 2010. These characteristics represent the updated equipment. |
HMAS Waller (SSG 75) is the third of six Collins-class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Named for Captain Hector Waller, the boat was laid down in 1992, and launched in 1997. Despite the RAN initially refusing to accept the submarine for service, Waller has demonstrated the capabilities of the Collins class against surface and submarine targets during several international war-games.[1][2][3]
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