Engineering:Marlin-class submarine
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Marlin |
| Builders: | DCNS |
| Preceded by: | Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. |
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| Type: | Submarine |
The Marlin-class submarines are a proposed class of diesel-electric attack submarines. The design features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP), developed solely by the France company DCNS, formerly DCN, after the Spain company Navantia (formerly Bazan, then Izar), its partner in the Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist. design, went with Lockheed Martin to build the competing Script error: The function "sclass" does not exist., which was selected by the Spanish Navy to form its next-generation submarine force, at the expense of the Scorpène.
Not much is known about this design, however DCNS's successful Scorpène class is approximately 1,800 tons while the S-80 is 3,500 tons. Therefore it is likely that DCNS's Marlin-class design is larger than the Scorpène in order to compete on the international market with Navantia's bigger S-80 submarine, currently under construction for the Spanish Navy.
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