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==History==
==Development==


==Design==
===General characteristics===
===Power & propulsion===
===Armament===
===Sensors & countermeasures===
==Service history==


== Boats ==
== Boats ==

Revision as of 10:10, 24 March 2019

Jupiter-class submarine
HMS Superb MOD.jpg
GCNS Mars passing by Daisek Mountain in 1993
Class overview
Name: Jupiter-class attack submarine
Builders: Yanmei Shipyard Co.
Operators:
Preceded by: Yuanshi class
Succeeded by: Máni class
Cost: ¥21.18 billion Huliean yuan (FY1973)
Built: 1969–1979
In commission: 1972–2006
Planned: 12
Completed: 6
Cancelled: 6
Retired: 6
General characteristics
Type: Nuclear attack submarine
Displacement:
  • 4,400 tonnes (standard)
  • 4,900 tonnes (submerged)
Length: 82.9 m (272 ft)
Beam: 9.8 m (32 ft)
Draft: 8.5 m (28 ft)
Installed power: 1 x Fushan Atomics SS4 nuclear reactor producing 15,000 shp (11 MW)
Propulsion: 1 x shaft, pump-jet propulsor
Speed: Over 30 knots (56 km/h) submerged
Range: Unlimited
Complement: 13 officers, 116 enlisted
Crew: 129
Armament: 6 × 21 inch (533 mm torpedo tubes for:

Development

Design

General characteristics

Power & propulsion

Armament

Sensors & countermeasures

Service history

Boats

Name Hull No. Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
GCNS Jupiter SSN-07 Yanmei Shipyard Co., Yanmei 19 June 1969 16 January 1971 15 April 1972 Decommissioned 13 January 1995
GCNS Neptune SSN-08 22 May 1970 10 June 1972 26 January 1974 Decommissioned 5 October 1995
GCNS Mars SSN-09 8 January 1972 6 April 1974 13 November 1976 Decommissioned 19 August 2001
GCNS Apollo SSN-10 6 April 1974 19 February 1977 11 March 1978 Decommissioned 29 July 1996
GCNS Vulcan SSN-11 8 May 1976 22 July 1978 28 March 1981 Decommissioned 1 October 2002
GCNS Mercury SSN-12 30 July 1977 8 December 1979 19 December 1981 Decommissioned 27 May 2006

See also