Foxtrot vs Valiant / Churchill
Overview
The Foxtrot and the Valiant / Churchill are both Submarine classes.
The Valiant / Churchill displaces 4,500 tons — 2.3x the Foxtrot's 1,983 tons. The Foxtrot reaches 16 knots vs 20 knots for the Valiant / Churchill. Operational range is 20,000 nautical miles for the Foxtrot vs 99,999 for the Valiant / Churchill. The Foxtrot carries a crew of 78 vs 103 for the Valiant / Churchill. Submerged displacement is 2,515 tons for the Foxtrot vs 5,000 tons for the Valiant / Churchill. The Valiant / Churchill can dive to 300 m compared to 296 m for the Foxtrot.
The Foxtrot was produced in 75 units vs 2 for the Valiant / Churchill. The Foxtrot was commissioned in 1958, 8 years before the Valiant / Churchill (1966).
| Ex-USSR submarine, 1958 introduction year, propelled by three diesel engines and three electric motors. | |
| Origin | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR |
| Category | Submarine |
| Type | Diesel-electric patrol submarines |
| Manufacturer | Sudomekh |
| Year introduced | 1958 |
| Number built | 75 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| British nuclear submarine, 4,500 tons displacement, propelled by a Rolls-Royce pressurised water reactor. | |
| Origin | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Category | Submarine |
| Type | Nuclear submarine |
| Manufacturer | Vickers Armstrong |
| Year introduced | 1966 |
| Number built | 2 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| Displacement | 1,983 tons ◉ |
| Maximum speed | 16.0 knots ◉ |
| Range | 20,000 nm at 8 knots ◉ |
| Length | 89.9 m ◉ |
| Beam | 7.4 m ◉ |
| Crew | 78 ◉ |
| Max depth | 296 m ◉ |
| Propulsion | 3 × Kolomna 2D42M 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) diesel engines; 3 × Electric motors (two 1,350 hp and one 2,700 hp); 1 × 180 hp auxiliary motor; 3 shafts |
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| Displacement | 4,500 tons ◉ |
| Maximum speed | 20.0 knots ◉ |
| Range | Unlimited ◉ |
| Length | 87.0 m ◉ |
| Beam | 10.1 m ◉ |
| Crew | 103 ◉ |
| Max depth | 300 m ◉ |
| Propulsion | 1 × Rolls-Royce pressurised water reactor, 2 × steam turbines, 1 shaft |
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