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  7. MAIN PARTICULARS
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  9. Length overall         85.4 metres
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  11. Beam                    9.83 metres
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  13. Displacement,
  14.   surface               4730 tonnes
  15.   submerged          5208 tonnes
  16. Diving Depth         In excess of 300m
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  18. Speed,
  19.   submerged          In excess of 32 knots dived
  20. Armament             Five 21 in. (533mm) weapon tubes; 
  21.                             Mk 24 Mod 2 Tigerfish torpedoes 
  22.                            Spearfish heavyweight homing torpedoes Sub Harpoon missiles
  23.                             Tomahawk cruise missiles from 1998
  24.                             Mines in lieu of torpedoes.
  25.                             2 SSE Mk8 launchers for torpedo decoys
  26. Complement,
  27.   design                100 (13 Officers, 41 SRs, 46 JRs)
  28.   operational          Certain boats have operated with a 130 man crew having 18 officers
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