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Marlin-class submarine

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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 202.44.198.105 (talk) at 07:44, 22 November 2021 (It is clear under Scorpène-class submarine#Potential operators, "Spain", that the Marlin is only a Design. So I put "proposed" and "design" in the opening paragraph. As for the rest, you can delete the second paragraph which I added if you want, but I think that my supposition is correct, indeed OBVIOUS, since the S-80 is almost double the size of the Scorpène. Thus, in order to compete with the S-80, DCNS would have to develop a design much larger than the Scorpène!). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Class overview
NameMarlin
BuildersDCNS
Preceded byScorpène class
General characteristics
TypeSubmarine

The Marlin-class submarines are a proposed class of diesel-electric attack submarines. The design features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP), developed solely by the French company DCNS, formerly DCN, after the Spanish company Navantia (formerly Bazan, then Izar), its partner in the Scorpène design, went with Lockheed Martin to build the competing S-80-class submarine, which was selected by the Spanish Navy to form its next-generation submarine force, at the expense of Scorpène.

Not much is known about this design, however DCNS's successful Scorpène-class is approximately 1,800 tons while the S-80 is 3,500 tons. Therefore it is likely that DCNS's Marlin-class design is larger than the Scorpène in order to compete on the international market with Navantia's bigger S-80 submarine, currently under construction for the Spanish Navy.

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