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The Type 212CD class (for Common Design) is a submarine class developed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the Norwegian and German navies.The class is derived from the Type 212 submarine class, [15] but will be significantly larger than the 212 class.
Since 2024, ThyssenKrupp has been running a dual-track process for TKMS, which could result in either a sale or spin-off of the division. In June 2024, private equity firm Carlyle and German development bank KfW entered into negotiations to jointly acquire a majority stake in TKMS. [6] By October 2024, Carlyle abandoned the negotiations. [7]
The customised design is oceangoing and larger than the Challenger and Archer-class submarines operated by the Singapore Navy.The design is expected to be influenced by the export Type 214 submarine or Type 216 submarine, which have been designed for the potential needs of several other navies (Australian, Canadian and Indian).
This is a list of active German Navy ships as of 2022. There are approximately 65 ships in commission including; 11 frigates , 5 corvettes , 2 minesweepers , 10 minehunters , 6 submarines , 11 replenishment ships, and 20 miscellaneous auxiliary vessels .
The Type 218SG features several unique characteristics, such as: An X-shaped rudder configuration similar to that on the Type 212 submarines, Dolphin-class and the Dakar-class submarine of the Israeli Navy, for better maneuverability in Singapore's busy but shallow littoral waters around the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea—as opposed to the Type 214's cruciform rudder configuration.
The German Navy ordered two additional, improved submarines in 2006, to be delivered from 2012 on, 1.2 meters longer to give additional space for a new reconnaissance mast. [ citation needed ] On 21 April 2008 the Italian Navy ordered the optional second batch of submarine, in the same configuration of the original ones.
The Type 209 (German: U-Boot-Klasse 209) is a range of diesel-electric attack submarines developed exclusively for export by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany.Five class variants (Types 209/1100, 209/1200, 209/1300, 209/1400 and 209/1500), including modifications thereof, have been successfully exported to 15 countries, with 68 submarines being built and commissioned to five different ...
IDAS (Interactive Defence and Attack System for Submarines) is a medium-range missile currently being developed for the Type 209 and Type 212A submarine class of the German Navy. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] IDAS technology is based on the IRIS-T air-to-air missile which primarily targets aerial threats, such as ASW helicopters , but also against small or ...