Xiphos-class submarine
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Xiphos Class Attack Submarine |
| Builders: | Arthuristan Dynamics |
| Operators: | Commonwealth Navy, Royal Afalian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Talent Class |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Attack Submarine |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 106.8m |
| Beam: | 12m |
| Installed power: | Arthuristan Dynamics NSU-1 reactor, MTU kilowatt diesel generators, Arthuristan Dynamics SPJ-1 pump jet (42,000kw overall) |
| Speed: | 38kn+ submerged sprint |
| Range: | Theoretically unlimited |
| Test depth: |
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| Complement: | 80 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Thales Sonar 2076, Atlas DESO 25 echosounder, 2 x Thales CM010 optronic masts |
| Armament: |
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The Xiphos-class is a class of high performance nuclear attack submarine of the Commonwealth Navy optimised for offensive sub-hunting, designed to complement the slower and cheaper Triton Class and replacing the costly and rather unreliable Talent Class. It is among the fastest and deepest-diving of Arthurista's submarine classes, with a top speed of over 38 knots, test depth of over 630m and collapse depth of nearly 1,000m. The class features improved signature-reduction technology compared to the Triton - it is as quiet at 20kn as older designs are at 5kn.
At more than $4.2 billion per vessel, the Xiphos are among the most expensive warships ever built in Arthurista. The program has been put indefinitely on hold after a production run of four boats.