Hai Lung (class)

History

The modern ROC (Taiwan) Navy currently (2017) deploys only two types of attack submarines, a total of four. Two of these are the WWII-era Tench and Balao-class diesel-electric types (rebuilt after Guppy II), while the other two are more modern Cold War-era relics (based on submarine designs from the 1970s) are the Sea Dragon class ("Sea Dragon"). ROCN was established in 1950 to protect the small island nation from invasion by mainland China. The Sea Dragon class consists of the ROCS Sea Dragon (SS-793) itself and the sister ship ROCS Sea Tiger (SS-794).

Both were built in the Netherlands by the Dutch in the mid-1980s to the local Zwaardvis class standard (four completed, followed by the Walrus class).

The Dragon class was laid in December 1982. The Sea Dragon was launched on October 6, 1986, and the Sea Tiger on December 10 of the same year. The former was commissioned on September 10, 1987, and the latter was commissioned on April 9, 1988.

In service, these ships operate as diesel-electric attack submarines. They are equipped with 3 Bronswerk/Stork-Werkspoor RUB215x12 marine diesel engines producing 4,050 hp. Underwater voyages are made possible by generators and battery supplies that require the boat to intermittently surface to recharge these devices.

Surface speed reaches 12 knots and underwater speed reaches 20 knots. The hull was tested at a depth of 300 meters. Airborne Type 1001 series radar, sonar controlled by a bow-mounted Elodone Octopus array and a Type 20026 towed array. The crew numbered sixty-seven, including eight officers.

The ship is equipped with 6 x 21" torpedo tubes capable of carrying up to 28 rounds of ammunition. A 2005 announcement called for plans to upgrade the ship class with the UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile capability to expand its Tactical capabilities against surface ships and modernization of part of the weapon suite.

The country subsequently purchased approximately 32 missiles from the United States, based on a 2008 announcement.

Of course, the sale of the two original Sea Dragon-class ships to Taiwan sparked outrage in China and led to pressure from the Dutch government to block the ordering of two additional ships in a row. The Hailong class currently has limited value at sea and outperforms the new generation of submarines, especially the new generation of nuclear-powered submarines deployed (and further developed) by the Chinese Navy. Therefore, if all-out war comes to Taiwan, the island nation will still rely on foreign support from the U.S.

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