A Chinese sailless submarine was launched in 2018 at Jiangnan Shipyard, for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).[1][2][3]

First launched in 2018 at Jiangnan Shipyard, this submarine is rather unique in that it lacks the conning tower commonly found on submarines, but instead, has a tiny bump where the conning tower is supposed to located,[1] and hence called "Chinese sailless submarine" by western analysts and observers. It's speculated that this Chinese sailless submarine is powered by lithium batteries,[3] and used as a test bed for Chinese submarine technologies.[1]

Specifications:[1][2]

  • Length (ft): 150
  • Beam (ft): 15
Type NATO designation Pennant No. Name
(English) 		Name
(Han 汉) 		Commissioned Displacement Fleet Status
Unknown Not yet assigned Unknown Unknown Unknown 2019 ? t All fleet Active

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sailless Chinese submarine". Forbes. October 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Chinese sailless submarine". October 14, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Chinese sailless sub" (in Simplified Chinese). July 7, 2019.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_sailless_submarine
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