HMAS Collins

HMAS COLLINS is one of the first submarines to be totally designed by computers and boasts a vast range of features including a high-performance hull form, highly automated controls, low indiscretion rates, high shock resistance, optimal noise suppression, efficient weapons handling and discharge. The single propeller submarine moves silently on electric power supplied to the propulsion motor by banks of batteries.

This submarine's operational characteristics and range have been tailored specifically for its defence and two-ocean surveillance role in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Designed to be as quiet as advanced technology can achieve, COLLINS has been developed from five generations of submarines designed and built over the last 20 years.

The submarine moves silently through the water on electric power supplied by banks of new-technology lead-free batteries. The batteries are charged by three on-board diesel generator sets.  Additionally, HMAS COLLINS has a very sophisticated combat system which gathers its intelligence from its sensors, computes the input and then launches and directs weapons.

The submarine is named after Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB, RAN, a significant figure in the Navy's history. During his tenure as the Captain of HMAS SYDNEY (II) in World War (II), Collins lead his men to victory in the Mediterranean against a formidable enemy. In June 1944, in recognition of his valuable services, he was made a Commodore 1st Class and appointed Commander of the Australian Squadron.

Laid Down: 14 February 1990
Launched: 28 August 1993
Commissioned: 27 July 1996
Displacement: 3,350 tonnes (submerged); 3,050 tonnes (surfaced)
Length: 77.8 metres
Beam: 7.8 metres
Armament: Six forward tubes for Mk 48 wire-guided torpedoes and Sub Harpoon missiles
Main Machinery: Diesel Electric, 1 x 5.4MW Jeumont Schneider main motor; 3 x Hedemora VB 210 18 cylinder diesel's; 3 x Jeumont Schneider Generators; single shaft
Speed: More than 20 knots (submerged); More than 10 knots (surfaced)
Ship's Company: 45

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