China cuts steel for Thailand’s first S26T submarine

[Zarvan]

China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding has held a first steel cutting ceremony for the Royal Thai Navy’s (RTN’s) first S26T (Thailand) diesel-electric submarine (SSK).

Steel for the vessel was cut on 4 September at Wuhan, China, in a ceremony attended by senior officials from the RTN.

The RTN signed a contract with the China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company (CSOC) in May 2017 for one S26T SSK. The government-to-government contract is worth THB13.5 billion (USD410 million), and calls for the delivery of the boat by 2023.

The S26T SSK is derived from the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s Yuan-class (Type 041) submarine, but neither the RTN nor CSOC has given further details of the platform.

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[Zarvan]

As Thailand is buying the Submarine which China already uses with only slight changes that is why construction of first one has started. And they even ordered way late than us now if some one still want to believe that we are buying some version of S 26 than I can do nothing about it

@Rashid Mahmood @django @Path-Finder @Arsalan @Horus @pakistanipower @Sulman Badshah @Tipu7

 

[Zarvan]

Even the price of Submarines is almost double than what Thailand has ordered
@Path-Finder @Rashid Mahmood

 

[Super Falcon]

When will they cut steel of much bigger order of pak navys six subs S 20 classs

 

[Zarvan]

When will they cut steel of much bigger order of pak navys six subs S 20 classs

I am more than sure the subs we are buying are some new class not any thing which China already is using other wise we would have gotten first by now