Taiwan’s first submarine: Hai kun is finally launched!
・The whole picture is clear, you can even see the torpedo tubes
– Launch anti-ship missiles “Harpoon”, torpedoes, and mines
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Taiwan International Shipbuilding (CSBC):
On February 27, 2024, the submarine Hai kun under construction successfully completed her launch test.
Hai kun (sea carp):
Hai kun is Taiwan’s first independently built submarine.
She is a conventionally powered diesel-electric type.
Her hull size is 2500t displacement, 70m long and 8m wide.
Weapons include 6 torpedo tubes:
It launches torpedoes, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and sea mines.
Hai kun launch test:
The launching work of Hai kun was carried out at Kaohsiung Port in southern Taiwan.
Stage 1 exam:
We check the watertightness, weight control, stability, and ballast of each tank.
We confirmed that there are no problems with Haikuun’s structure.
In the future, CSBC will conduct power system checks and berthing tests, including batteries and diesel engines.
The shape of each part of the hull has been revealed:
High-frequency sonar and array sonar above the bow, torpedo tubes, drainage ports, etc.
Taiwan Ministry of National Defense:
A series of tests will confirm that there are no problems with the design or performance. In addition, 8 to 10 ships of the same type will be constructed.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/cdadb403c109cf34a8e8edffd2646bf6bebe4eb4
Taiwan Launches Its First Indigenous Submarine：
After the unveiling and christening ceremony that took place back in September last year,
Taiwan’s first Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS), Hai Kun (SS-711) ,
In the morning of February 22：
the massive 35,000-ton Floating Drydock, Jong Shyn No.8, quietly docked outside the CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung.
After the September ceremony：
the Hai Kun (SS-711) stayed inside the assembly facility throughout the past months, awaiting for her launch.
For the first time since September：
the public finally got a clearer glimpse of the Hai Kun when.
she was moved out from the assembly facility and into the Jong Shyn No.8 on February 26.
On the next day, after the final inspection,
The Jong Shyn No. 8, a 35,000-ton Floating Drydock
During the first phase of the Harbor Acceptance Trial,
CSBC stated they successfully conducted tests：
１．critical watertight test,
２．weight distribution control,
３．ballast control and stability control test of the hull.
In the second phase of Harbor Acceptance Trial：
in the coming months,the Hai Kun will go through
１．propulsion system checks,
２．subsystem checks,
３．calibration and follow-on installation works
such as installing the heart of a diesel submarine, the batteries, as well as installing various Mast Raising Equipment (Optronics, ESM, Radar and Communication Masts), etc.
She features 6 torpedo tubes：
Official specifications have yet to be released publicly (even for basic figures such as length and displacement).
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/02/taiwan-launches-its-first-indigenous-submarine/