HI Sutton over at the Covert Shores blog has a really in-depth write up of the Columbia Group’s Proteus SDV mini-combat swimmer sub.
Specifications:
Length: 7.82m
Beam: 1.61m
Height: 1.62m
Displacement: 4,120 Kg
Speed: 10kts max, 8kts cruise
Endurance: not stated – considerable, some sources suggest 900 miles although considerably shorter if manned given human tolerances
Maximum Operating depth: 50m (manned), 70m (unmanned)
Personnel: 2 crew (optional) pls four additional passengers (or six passengers)
Payload: 2 x 900kg external stores (storage containers, mobile mines, limpet mine assemblies (LAM), Combat Rapid Attack Weapon (CRAW) / Common Very Light Weight Torpedo (CVLWT), missiles or torpedoes)
Batteries: 148 kWh Baseline 296 kWh Extended Lithium Polymer
Masts: Two
Communications: (surfaced): Iridium, free wave, VHF radio.(submerged): Benthos modem, OTS divers communication. (Internal): Internal intercom
You are gonna want to go over there and check it out.
