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  1. MAIN PARTICULARS
  2.  
  3. Length overall                85.4 metres
  4.  
  5. Beam                        9.83 metres
  6.  
  7. Displacement,
  8.     surface                    4730 tonnes
  9.     submerged                5208 tonnes
  10. Diving Depth                In excess of 300m
  11.  
  12. Speed,
  13.     submerged                In excess of 32 knots dived
  14. Armament                    Five 21 in. (533mm) weapon tubes; 
  15.                             Mk 24 Mod 2 Tigerfish torpedoes 
  16.                             Spearfish heavyweight homing torpedoes Sub Harpoon missiles
  17.                             Tomahawk cruise missiles from 1998
  18.                             Mines in lieu of torpedoes.
  19.                             2 SSE Mk8 launchers for torpedo decoys
  20. Complement,
  21.     design                    100 (13 Officers, 41 SRs, 46 JRs)
  22.     operational                Certain boats have operated with a 130 man crew having 18 officers
  23.