HMAS Collins (SSG 73)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HMAS Collins at the Australian Submarine Corporation in Adelaide
Career (Australia)
Laid down:	14 February 1990
Launched:	28 August 1993
Commissioned:	27 July 1996
Homeport:	Fleet Base West
Motto:	"Vanguard"
Fate:	Active in service
Badge:
General characteristics
Displacement:	Surfaced: 3,051 tonnes Submerged: 3,353 tonnes
Length:	77.8 metres
Beam:	7.8 metres
Draught:	6.8 metres
Propulsion:	1 × Jeumont Schneider main motor 7,050 hp (5.25 MW) 3 × Hedemora/Garden Island Type V18B/14 diesels 6,000 hp (4.42 MW) 3 × Jeaumont Schneider generators 5,630 hp (4.2 MW) 1 × shaft and a skew back propeller 1 × Mactaggart Scott dm 43006 hydraulic motor for emergency propulsion
Speed:	Surfaced: 10+ knots (18.5 km/h) Submerged: 20+ knots (37 km/h)
Range:	11,500 nautical miles (21,300 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 9000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) snorting 400 nautical miles (700 km) at 4 knots (7 km/h) dived
Complement:	45 (8 Officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	Thales underwater systems scylla bow sonar Thales Underwater Systems GEC-Marconi Kariwara, Thomson Marconi Narama towed array or Allied Signal TB 23 Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar Thales optronics CK043 search and CH093 attack periscopes Anechoic tiles fitted
Electronic warfare and decoys:	Edo ES-5600 ESM, Argo AR-740 Strachan and Henshaw SSDE
Armament:	Boeing/Rockwell integrated system McDonnell Douglas UGM-84 Harpoon 6 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes for sub harpoon and Gould Mark 48 torpedo - total of 22 carried 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes Fitted for but not with Land Attack Cruise missiles with combat system AN/BYG 1 To be fitted : US Mk 48 ADCAP Combat System AN/BYG 1 based on Raytheon's CCS Mk 2

HMAS Collins (SSG 73), named for Vice Admiral Sir John Collins (1899-1989), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 14 February 1990, launched on 28 August 1993 and commissioned on 27 July 1996. Jane's Fighting Ships states that the Collins has been modified to support special forces operations.

[edit] References

• Welcome Aboard - HMAS Collins. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved on 24 December, 2006.

[edit] Links

• Tour of HMAS Collins by IGN Australia. IGN. Retrieved on 11 May, 2007.

v • d • e Submarines of the Royal Australian Navy Collins class replacement TBA Collins class Collins  · Farncomb  · Waller  · Dechaineux  · Sheean  · Rankin Oberon class Onslow  · Orion  · Otama  · Otway  · Ovens  · Oxley Odin class Otway  · Oxley J class J1  · J2  · J3  · J4  · J5  · J7 E class AE1  · AE2 Other submarines K9  · Remora Bases and tenders Platypus (tender)  · Platypus (base)  · Stirling