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{{Short description|Attack submarine class of the Royal Netherlands Navy}} {|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = 4 walrusklasse onderzeeboten.jpg }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name=''Walrus'' class | Builders =[[Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij]] | Operators = {{navy|Netherlands}} |Cost= [[Guilder|ฦ]]500 million per unit (1992)<ref>{{cite web|author=Jaime Karremann |url=https://marineschepen.nl/kosten-onderzeeboten.html |title=Hoeveel kost de Onderzeedienst? |publisher=marineschepen.nl |date=2013-03-15|language=nl|access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref> | Class before =*{{sclass|Dolfijn|submarine|4}} *{{sclass|Zwaardvis|submarine|4}} | Class after = {{sclass|Orka|submarine|4}} | Subclasses = | Built range =1979โ1992 | In commission range = 1990โpresent | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 6<ref name="Nooteboom144">Nooteboom (2001), p. 144.</ref> | Total ships completed = 4 | Total ships cancelled = 2 | Total ships active = 3 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = 1 | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = <ref name="Horneman1011">Horneman (2018), pp. 10-12.</ref><ref name="Amstel59">van Amstel (1991), p. 59</ref><ref name="Nooteboom182">Nooteboom (2001), p. 182.</ref> | Ship class= | Ship type = [[Diesel-electric transmission|Diesel-electric]] [[attack submarine]] | Ship displacement =*2,450 t surfaced, * 2,800 t submerged, * 1,900 t standard | Ship length ={{convert|67.725|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam ={{convert|8.40|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft ={{convert|6.60|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *1 shaft (5 blades) *3 x [[SEMT Pielstick]] PA4 200 VG [[diesel engine]]s {{cvt|6300|hp}} *1 x HOLEC electric motor *420-cell [[VARTA]] batteries | Ship speed =*{{convert|13|kn}} surfaced, * {{convert|21|kn}} submerged | Ship range = {{convert|18500|km|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|9|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = >{{Convert|300|m|abbr=on}} | Ship complement = 49 to 52 | Ship sensors =*'''Radars''': * [[Signaal]]/[[Decca Radar|Decca]] 1229 * [[Signaal]] ZW-07 * Argo Phoenix I * '''Sonar Systems''': * Thomson Sintra TSM 2272 Eledone Octopus * GEC Avionics Type 2026 towed array * Thomson Sintra DUUX 5 passive ranging and intercept * '''Fire-control system''': * [[Thales Nederland|HSA]] GIPSY (SEWACO VIII) | Ship EW = | Ship armament = * 4 ร 21-inch (533 mm) [[torpedo tube]]s *20 ร [[Honeywell]] [[Mark 48 torpedo|Mk 48]] torpedoes or Honeywell [[Mark 37 torpedo|NT 37 C/D/E]] torpedoes *[[Harpoon (missile)|UGM-84 Harpoon]] [[Surface-to-surface missile|SSM]] *40 [[Naval mine|mines]] | Ship notes = }} |} The '''''Walrus''-class submarine''' is the only [[submarine]] class currently in operation in the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]]. The boats have been in service since 1990 and are all named after [[sea mammal]]s.
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