Jörmungandr-class submarine

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Jörmungandr-class submarine
Valiant class submarine 1986.jpeg
GCNS Jörmungandr underway in 1986
Class overview
Name: Jörmungandr-class attack submarine
Builders: Shipyard 204
Operators:
Preceded by: Shangdi
Succeeded by: Yuanshi class
Cost: ¥28.79 billion Huliean yuan (FY1965)
Built: 1961–1966
In commission: 1966–1990
Planned: 3
Completed: 2
Cancelled: 1
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Nuclear attack submarine
Displacement: 4,900 tonnes (submerged)
Length: 86.9 m (285 ft)
Beam: 10.1 m (33 ft)
Draft: 8.2 m (27 ft)
Installed power: 1 x Fushan Atomics SS2 nuclear reactor producing 20,000 shp (15 MW)
Propulsion:
  • 1 x shaft driving:
    • 1 x seven-bladed, skewback propeller
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h) submerged
Range: Unlimited
Crew: 103
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
Jörmungandr SSN-02 Yanmei Shipyard Co., Yanmei 14 April 1961 22 June 1963 22 July 1966 Decommissioned 3 August 1990, disposed of by submarine recycling
Fenrir SSN-03 15 December 1961 21 May 1966 3 November 1967 Decommissioned 15 September 1990, disposed of by submarine recycling

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