Chinese submarine 032（1958）

[cattalonX]

The project started in 1958 and ended in 1960. There was no prototype, only a fourteen-meter long test ship（Lead-acid batteries，speed 9 knot）
Planned displacement 400~500 tons，four torpedo tube，speed 25knot with zinc-silver battery and deltaic diesel engine

China built a new 032 submarine in 2005

https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404550180769759235

图集_观棋 | 中国小型潜艇发展史_澎湃新闻-The Paper

www.thepaper.cn

 

[gollevainen]

What a find!! Quickly going trough the link and it appears that this 032 was Chinese domestically designed small submarine, similar in concept to the Soviet M-class but with teardrop hull!! It was however beyond the capability of the Chinese engineers at that time and was ultimately abandoned. The site also descripes another small submarine project, 030 which was more in the lines of the Soviet post-wwII submarines but also eventually abandoned.

Interesting fact was that this submarine was designed by the same institute that did the Dongfeng 113 fighter project, similarly over-ambitious which Chinese at the time.
Great to see these chinese naval neverwheres emerging!

 

[cattalonX]

中国潜艇之父邓三瑞教授去世，曾主持研制第一艘潜艇与水下机器人

老一辈正在远去

mp.weixin.qq.com

another one model